If David Yepsen Is OK With The Decision to Skip Ames...

And he is:

Rudy Giuliani told the Iowa Republican Party on Wednesday he won’t be competing in the party’s big Aug. 11 straw poll in Ames.

Good for him.

A few hours later, John McCain said he wouldn’t compete either.

Good for him.

The Ames straw poll has become a shake-down of candidates that, for some, has replaced the caucuses themselves as a test of viability.