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Joe Lieberman Praises McCain, Giuliani
Independent Sen. Joseph Lieberman is praising Republican presidential candidates John McCain and Rudy Giuliani for not blindly following their political base on issues such as immigration and abortion. Lieberman, a former Democrat from Connecticut, said Sunday he is not ready to endorse a Republican for the 2008 race. But he made clear his disappointment with the Democratic candidates because of their positions against the war in Iraq. "I'm not going to make my selection of who to support for president in '08 based on party," Lieberman said. "I'm going to choose to support whichever of the candidates I think will be the best president of the United States to protect our security against the threat of Islamist terrorism and to rebuild America's economy, health care system, environment and education system," he said.
Story Continues Below Lieberman praised in particular McCain's support for the recently failed immigration overhaul bill. It would have paved the way for legalization of millions of unlawful immigrants. The measure was supported by President Bush but bitterly opposed by conservatives. He also pointed to Giuliani's refusal to oppose abortion rights. In contrast, Lieberman said, Democratic candidates including Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards oppose the Iraq war out of deference to "vested interest groups within the left."
"It's a very disappointing issue," Lieberman said. "The leading Democratic candidates for president are competing with each other to see which one can more quickly pull more of our troops out of Iraq, while our troops are there fighting and now succeeding with a lot on the line." Lieberman spoke on ABC's "This Week."
© 2007 Associated Press.
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