Besides being discussed as if he were the expected GOP nominee at last night’s Democratic debate, Team McCain has another reason to crow.

Giuliani’s campaign has been putting maximum effort in Florida in the past few weeks, with a particular eye on those voting absentee.

Survey USA asked some Florida Republicans about voting absentee, and found that “among those who have already voted, McCain has 31 percent, Giuliani has 25 percent, within the margin of sampling error for that sub-group.”

Overall, they have McCain 25 percent, Giuliani 20 percent, Romney 19 percent, Mike Huckabee 14 percent, Fred Thompson and Ron Paul at 7 percent.