Rails - Nov 2007 - issues with us_states and selected

I''m having some issues with the us_states plugin but it is probably
because I don''t know what I''m doing.

Here''s my code:

<% form_tag ''/contact/list'' do -%>
  <%= text_field_tag "searchName", "", :size => 15,
:maxlength => 50 -
%><%= submit_tag "Search" %>
  <% if !params[:state].nil? %>
    <%= us_state_select("state", "abbr", {:include_blank
=>
true, :selected => params[:state][:abbr]}) %>
  <% else %>
    <%= us_state_select("state", "abbr", {:include_blank
=> true}) %>
  <% end %>
<%  end -%>
<hr>
<%= debug params %>

I''ve tried various incarnations of the :selected option and am at a
loss.  :include_blank works just fine, though.

Does anyone have any suggestions?
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I changed to using a select_tag and this seems to have fixed my
issue.  I''m not sure why it didn''t work before, though:

<%= select_tag( :state,
us_state_options_for_select(params[:state], :include_blank => true) )
%>
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