Reports were this morning that former Sen. Dan Coats was definitely in for a run against Sen. Evan Bayh in Indiana after fellow Hoosier Rep. Mike Pence said ‘no’ to the idea, perhaps with his eye on a 2012 presidential run.

Coats has now released a statement that sounds sanguine, but doesn’t have him fully committing until a later date:

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