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MCCAIN SAYS HE'LL ACCEPT PUBLIC FUNDING

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Tells the press on the Straight Talk Express to his Minneapolis hotel that he'll abide by federal funding limits in the general election.

“We will take public financing.” Asked what his thinking was, he said, “Because we decided to take public financing.”

Read pool report here.

In McCain camp media call spokesman Brian Rogers says Obama's decision to skip public funding was "all about money" and was "predetermined," and "made for political reasons." Listen to call here.

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