Video: John Bolton endorses McCain, Fred Thompson follows

12:09 am on February 9, 2008 by Infidelesto

John Bolton today at CPAC made the case for McCain.

Wow, two big fish in one day.

Fred Thompson also came out today in support of McCain.

“This is no longer about past preferences or differences. It is about what is best for our country and for me that means that Republican should close ranks behind John McCain,” Thompson said in a statement reported by the Associated Press.

Thompson’s endorsement was expected. The two men were colleagues for years in the Senate and shared what associates called a friendship. But while he was in the race, Thompson had bristled at the idea that he was going to drop out and endorse McCain.

The endorsement now may help McCain to coalesce the factions of the party around him. Thompson, who represented Tennessee in the Senate for eight years, is thought of well in the South, an area that McCain has not done well in.

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