McKinney: I was with Steele All the Way

West Virginia GOP Chairman Doug McKinney notes in a press release that he supported the eventual winner of Friday's battle to lead the Republican National Committee "from the first ballot."

Michael Steele became the Republican's first black national party chairman in history. The the former lieutenant governor of neighboring Maryland prevailed on the sixth ballot, The Associated Press reports.

McKinney says he personally pledged his vote when Steele visited him "and national committee members Jim Reed and Donna Gosney in Charleston several weeks ago."

MetroNews' Talkline interviewed McKinney before Friday's vote, though only the audio indicates whom he planned to support.