McCain said this morning in New Hampshire, "More than once, they've ignored the polls and the pundits, and brought me across the finish line first."

This is, of course, just backwards.  Polls can be wrong, but legitimate polls basically reflect what people tell them.  This statement suggests that the polls, and pundits interpreting them, tell people how to vote.  McCain and others behind in the polls are in the odd position of having to assert that polls are some evil external force to be resisted by voters.