Fox News Channel called the victory in the Florida GOP primary for Sen. John McCain shortly after 9:12pmET. Seconds later, CNN called the race the same way. MSNBC did not call the race until 9:17pmET, ironically just as Keith Olbermann was interviewing MSNBC Political Director Chuck Todd on the subject of why MSNBC had not called it for McCain.
> Update: ABC News broke in with an update, calling the victory for McCain at 9:19pmET. NBC News broke into programming with word of the McCain win at 9:24pmET.
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