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Fundraising Upends GOP Race

Fundraising Upends GOP Race
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In a campaign finance report filed Saturday, McCain reported that he raised $13 million in the first three months of the year. He spent $8.4 million, had $5.18 million in the bank, and had $1.8 million in unpaid bills.

McCain's $13 million would have been a record in past years. But in a campaign in which fundraising records are being shattered, the Arizona senator's first-quarter total placed him third -- former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney raised $21 million, former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani $14.7 million.

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