He’s made an interesting pick-up:
Brett O’Donnell, who guided Liberty University’s debate team to a consensus No. 1 national ranking earlier this year, is taking a leave of absence to become an adviser to presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain.
O’Donnell, who has coached LU’s debate team for 17 years, will serve as communications strategist for an exploratory committee assessing the viability of a McCain candidacy in 2008.