By Denise Ross

South Dakota’s junior senator has held his own on the various media lists speculating about McCain’s pending VP pick.

But apparently he hasn’t fared as well within the McCain campaign, as he’s told the AP that he was not vetted.

Thune, an early McCain supporter who has been a mouthpiece for the campaign, said he has not given the campaign any personal documents used to vet prospective running mates.

AND …

“I would say I’m out of the running,” Thune said.

While Tom Daschle was on hardly anybody’s list but mine, it was reported last week in the frenzy around Obama’s VP pick (Joe Biden, as we all know now) that Daschle was one of a handful of potential VPs vetted by the Obama campaign.

Close but no cigar for both of South Dakota’s contenders.

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