Taylor Hicks says even though Katharine McPhee's recent tweet about voting seemed to shade him pretty hard ...
it's really all in good fun, and for a good cause.
We talked to the "American Idol" season 5 winner Wednesday about McPhee tweeting out "voting matters" -- along with a pic of the moment she lost to Hicks.
voting matters
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