Is McCain back from the dead?

While the polls here in Iowa predict an easy Romney victory in our caucuses Jan. 3, with Mike Huckabee, Fred Thompson and Rudy Giuliani all scrambling for second, the guy who's running fifth here has apparently climbed into second place nationally.

Just when everybody was leaving him for dead, John McCain has staged a dramatic comeback in the polls.

Major question: can he catch up specifically in Iowa, New Hampshire, and other states with primaries and caucuses early enough to keep even candidate nationally popular in the polls viable for the long haul?

HT: Real Clear Politics

ADDENDUM: For whatever it's worth, uber-social conservative Sen. Sam Brownback, who abandoned his own candidacy a week or so ago, has hopped on the McCain bandwagon:

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