Alex Sink Back In the Senate Race

Florida CFO Alex Sink's staff leaked to Politico that Sink would not challenge Mel Martinez for his Senate seat. That changed when Martinez announced he will not seek a second term. The Sink staffers are now trying to take back their leak.

Suddenly, after Sen. Mel Martinez’s announcement that he won’t run for re-election, Alex Sink’s staff is retracting her leaked plans to forgo the Senate race. “I spoke too soon—there’s not going to be an announcement today,” a Sink spokeswoman said.

To leak or not to leak. That is the question. Whether 'tis nobler to speak off-the-record for political fortune. Or suffer the sling and arrows of poor timing.