At an event to promote his book on Tuesday evening, Sen. Jim Webb restated his decision to remove his name from Barack Obama's vice presidential search, offering no suggestion that he might reconsider.

"Like I've said previously," Webb remarked with a grin on his face, "I am committed to what I am doing in the United States Senate and serving the people of Virginia and of the country... But thank you for your question."

The remark, which was...