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The Connecticut senator, an independent who was the Democrats' 2000 vice presidential nominee, said his support for McCain is based primarily on their common view of U.S. foreign policy and their support for the war in Iraq.
"I know that it is unusual for someone who is not a Republican to endorse a Republican candidate for President. And if this were an ordinary time and an ordinary election, I probably would not be here today. But this is no ordinary time," Lieberman said in prepared remarks released by the McCain campaign. "When others were silent, and it was thought politically unpopular, John had the courage and common sense to sound the alarm about the mistakes we were making in Iraq and to call for more troops and a new strategy there. And when others wavered, when others wanted to retreat from the field of battle, John had the courage and the common sense to stand against the tide of public opinion and support the surge in Iraq, where we are at last winning."
The longtime Senate colleagues were speaking at a VFW hall in Hillsborough Monday morning.
McCain said Lieberman "understands why we must succeed in Iraq and in the broader war against radical Islamic extremism."
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