Polls, Statistics, and the Truth

McCain polling czar Bill McInturff holds media call on latest data.

Suggests the ABC News/WashPost poll released Wednesday is an outlier.

Says he has no clue how the debates will affect polling: "That's what makes them exciting." Listen to full call here.

And/but Democratic super-pollster Mark Mellman: "...the trend toward Obama was firmly in place even before talk of bailouts dominated the headlines."