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Dole to Limbaugh: McCain's OK

Ex-senator defends Mac's record as Republican stalwart

By Zach Samalin, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 5, 2008 5:51 AM CST

(Newser) – Bob Dole has taken up John McCain's defense in a letter written to Rush Limbaugh, the Chicago Tribune's Swamp blog reports. Answering Limbaugh's charge that McCain could "destroy" the GOP, Dole lists McCain's conservative stands when both were senators. "I cannot recall a single instance when he did not support the Party on critical votes," Dole writes.

Dole mentions McCain's pro-life credo, his preference for "strict constructionist judges," and support for "voluntary school prayer" as proof of his party devotion. Dole admits to differing with McCain over McCain-Feingold and McCain's votes against the Bush tax cuts, but "whoever wins the Republican nomination will need your enthusiastic support," Dole writes. "Two terms for the Clintons are enough."

Radio personality Rush Limbaugh arrives for a screening of Bernard and Doris at the Time Warner Center Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008 in New York. (AP Photo/Gary He) (Associated Press)

Former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, a co-chair on the President's Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007, before... (Associated Press)

President Bush and former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole listen as former Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala , not pictured, delivers remarks on Wounded Warriors in the Rose Garden of... (Associated Press)

Republican presidential hopeful John McCain, R-Ariz., smiles while campaigning at Grand Central Terminal in New York, Monday, Feb. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) (Associated Press)

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, far left, looks on as former New York Governor George Pataki, second from right, speaks during a campaign appearance for Republican presidential hopeful, Sen. John... (Associated Press)

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