Baril said that his first responsibility was to his wife and three children, but that he would "play a leadership role in the 2009 campaign on behalf of Bob McDonnell, Bill Bolling and the nominee for Attorney General."
One the one hand, this is too bad. I was hoping some enterprising GOPer would force Ken Cuccinelli to burn $3 million or so on a nomination fight, the way Baril did with McDonnell in 2005.
On the other, it probably reduces the risk that a less extreme wacko will keep Cooch from the nomination, and thereby make life harder for the Democratic nominee.
Life is full of trade-offs, I guess.