Following massive press of his lack of protection, John McCain will receive a Secret Service detail within weeks “if not earlier”.

“I think that it’s important as we get more and more visibility–that we recognize the inevitable. And so we will be talking with them early (next week) to arrange for very soon, some Secret Service protection,” McCain said on Fox News Sunday, adding that he has not requested a detail until now because “it inhibits my ability to have close contact with people.”

Until that point, McCain remains the only presidential candidate to not have received protection. Clinton has had a detail due to her time as First Lady, while Obama requested the protection early last year.