If Rep. Ron Paul’s recent comments to U.S. News & World Report have gotten wide play, I apologize for missing it. This would seem to be rather important for the 2008 race, however:

Would Paul consider a third-party run? “It doesn’t interest me at all,” he says. “I’ve refiled for my congressional seat. That’s Plan B.”

There are many sprawling scenarios and conspiracy theories, on both Right and Left political sites, dedicated to the idea that Paul is going to run as a Libertarian or independent in 2008, thus delivering the presidency to Hillary Clinton (or so they pretty much all conclude). Apparently, he’s not interested.