Per TPMCafe, looks like there's 'extremely high turnout' in Rhode Island today. This means 'independents may be coming out to prevent defeat at the hands of conservative primary challenger Steve Laffey.'

Ah... but the first (and only, at this point) comment on that thread reads: "Well here's one independent ... who voted in the Republican primary to cast a vote for Laffey."

So. Are these Independents coming out in force to help Chafee or to sink him? I've read more than once, here on MyDD, that Independents are hewing much more closely to Democrats this year than previously: with the RI primary tell us how closely, in fact, they are? If Independents want to save Chafee, what does that mean for our changes in November?