Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Haɓaka hasashe, McCain ya gayyaci Jindal, Gwamna Charlie Crist na Florida, Gwamna Tim Pawlenty na Minnesota da tsoffin abokan hamayyar McCain Mitt Romney da Mike Huckabee don ganawa a gidan McCain a Arizona a ranar 23 ga Mayu, 2008, a cewar wani ɗan Republican da ke da masaniya game da shawarar; Romney, Huckabee, da Pawlenty, dukansu sun riga sun san McCain sosai, sun ƙi saboda alkawurran da suka gabata. Taron na iya yin amfani da wata manufa ta daban, kamar la'akari da Jindal don samun damar yin magana a Taron Republican na Kasa na 2008, a irin wannan yanayin da Barack Obama a Taron Democratic na Kasa na 2004
, ya tabbatar masa da gurbi a jam'iyyar kuma ya bude kofar neman takarar shugaban kasa. An yi hasashe ne ta hanyar rahotanni na 21 ga Yuli, 2008, cewa McCain yana yin ziyarar ba zato ba tsammani zuwa Louisiana don sake tattaunawa da Jindal kuma McCain yana shirye ya nada mataimakinsa a cikin mako guda. Koyaya, a ranar 23 ga Yuli, 2008, Jindal ya ce ba zai zama dan takarar mataimakin shugaban kasa na Republican a 2008 ba. Jindal ya kara da cewa "bai taba magana da sanata [McCain] game da mataimakin shugaban kasa ko tunaninsa game da zabar mataimakin shugaban kasa ba". A ƙarshe, a ranar 29 ga Agusta, 2008, McCain ya zaɓi Gov. Sarah Palin na Alaska a matsayin mataimakinsa. Duk da yake an ba Jindal damar yin jawabi a babban taron jam'iyyar, ba a ba shi damar yin jawabin ba. A lokacin yakin neman zaben shugaban kasa, Jindal ya nuna sha'awar Sanata McCain da Obama, kuma ya ci gaba da cewa duka sun ba da gudummawa ga al'umma.