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SURPRISE IN ITALY
A Selfish Endorsement
ROME -- It's not clear this is the kind of international endorsement Sen. John McCain is looking for.
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, 71, waded into the U.S. presidential race on Thursday, saying he prefers McCain because his election would mean Berlusconi would no longer be the oldest leader at meetings of international leaders.
"I suppose I could express my own personal preference for one of the candidates, the Republican candidate," Berlusconi said. "And this is for a very selfish reason, and that is that I would no longer be the oldest person at the upcoming G-8 because McCain is a month older than me."
The man beside him when he made the remarks was President Bush, who is on an eight-day farewell trip through Europe and the United Kingdom. Bush chuckled, but didn't address the endorsement in his own remarks.
-- Dan Eggen
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