Two -- no, make that four -- key campaign staffers quit in one day. What does that tell you about the state of the McCain Campaign?

John McCain jettisoned two top aides Tuesday, the one-time Republican front-runner struggling to right a presidential bid in deep financial and political trouble.

Campaign manager Terry Nelson and chief strategist John Weaver offered McCain their resignations, which the Arizona senator accepted with "regret and deep gratitude for their dedication, hard work and friendship."

Other senior aides followed the two out the door, and the campaign announced that Rick Davis, who managed McCain's 2000 bid and has served as the current campaign's chief executive officer, will take over.

"I'm determined to continue to face our challenges head-on and win," McCain said, vowing to press on in an e-mail to supporters. Aides insisted he would not drop out of the race.

And knowing McCain, that is probably true. he will stick it out and fight it out until he gets humiliated in Iowa and New Hampshire. Then, mired in campaign debt (he is already deep in the hole financially), the 2008 edition of the McCain Campaign will be forced to fold.

Why would this war hero fail so miserably? Simple -- he's been wrong on free speech, immigration and judges, all issues important to the GOP base. What's more, he has been arrogantly wrong on those issues, which has made his straying from the views of the base unforgivable, so don't expect to see him take the VP spot on the GOP ticket, either.