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Voinovich backs McCain
Sen. George Voinovich said Friday that he is endorsing Sen. John McCain for President, despite expressing concern a month ago about his lack of management experience.
Voinovich, who had not yet endorsed a Republican candidate but had expressed admiration for former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney’s management experience, told McCain on the Senate floor Thursday that he would support him. The conversation occurred hours after Romney suspended his campaign.
On Jan. 8, Voinovich shied away from backing a candidate but expressed respect for Republican Mitt Romney’s management experience. “He has proven himself in the business sector,” he said. McCain, he said, had “very little experience in terms of management.”
The two have had an occasionally shaky relationship, disagreeing most recently on a plan to reduce carbon emissions that Voinovich feared would hurt Ohio’s economy.
But Voinovich put that aside Thursday when he approached McCain on the Senate floor to congratulate him on his success in the Feb. 5 Super Tuesday primary. Voinovich said independent Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, a McCain backer, told him he’d need Voinovich’s help in Ohio. Voinovich said he promised he’d help.
“We’ve had differences of opinion on some of these issues, but I want him to know he can count on me to do everything I could to help him carry the state,” Voinovich said.
He said he’ll likely call former U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine, R-Ohio, who is spearheading McCain’s Ohio campaign in the next week or two to see what he can do for McCain’s campaign.
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