A fun number buried in a new Quinnipiac poll shows that if John McCain were to pick Joe Lieberman as his running mate, it would actually cost McCain a lot of votes in Lieberman's home state:

If McCain picks Sen. Joseph Lieberman as his running mate, only 14 percent of Connecticut voters say they are more likely to vote Republican, while 32 percent are less likely and 52 percent say it won't affect their vote.

If McCain were to pick Lieberman, more than twice as many in Connecticut would be more likely to vote against McCain than would be likely to vote for him.

Of course, that's not terribly surprising. After all, Lieberman misled his own constituents in not one, but two key ways. In order to survive the 2006 challenge from Ned Lamont, he said that no one wanted to bring the troops home from Iraq more than he did. He also pledged to support a Democrat in 2008.

Now, of course, Lieberman is supporting a Republican who explicitly says he wants the troops to say in Iraq indefinitely.