In response to this story, McCain told Fox News' Chris Wallace today that he will seek Secret Service protection:

"I think that it's important as we get more and more visibility -- that we recognize the inevitable. And so we will be talking with them early (next week) to arrange for very soon, some Secret Service protection," McCain said on Fox News Sunday, adding that he has not requested a detail until now because "it inhibits my ability to have close contact with people."

The news comes one day after the Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan told a House Appropriations Subcommittee that McCain is the only major Presidential candidate who has declined Secret Service protection. Sens. Clinton and Obama both travel with Secret Service details.