Colin Powell's June meetings with McCain & Obama: summer lovin'?

If I squint into the distance, it'll look like I'm still undecided.

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell has met with the '08 presidential candidates — several times — "just to talk about issues and foreign policy," according to a spokeswoman. The retired four-star general told CNN in February:

I will vote for the candidate I think can do the best job in America. Whether that candidate is a Republican or Democrat or an independent.

In other words, he keeps dropping hints he'll vote for Obama. But when asked if Powell would endorse anyone and/or get tapped as a VP soon, his flack said:

No.

Odds are Powell already had his mind made up who he likes and whether he'd join a ticket way before meeting with either Obama or McCain. Surely he couldn't care less about President George W. Bush's feelings.

So was the rep telling the truth? Was Powell was just shooting the breeze about foreign policy with the hopefuls? Otherwise, what were they really talking about? We have our suspicions.

Colin Powell's Hot Topics

What he talked about with White House hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain.

THE POWELL-OBAMA MEETINGS	THE POWELL-McCAIN MEETINGS
Never ordering fried chicken on the campaign trail	What those little striped bars on their dress uniforms are for
That dick Dennis Haysbert taking way too much credit	Condi Rice jokes, including dirty ones about Condi Rice & Harriet Miers
What to say when fellow cabinet members lock their car windows as you pass	Whether Powell is really McCain's son
The embarrassing thing Joe Biden said to them today	Alternate phrasings for "100 years", like "ten decades," "36,500 days," etc.
Killing whitey	What a great show "Touched By an Angel" was
The incredibly disappointing new Lil' Wayne album	Metamucil vs. sheer panic
Whether they'd let their daughters date Kevin Garnett	Why they didn't become bankers and make some real money