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buy this photo George McGovern, who was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1972, has endorsed Hillary Clinton as his choice in the 2008 election. (Journal file)

MITCHELL - Former Sen. George McGovern has endorsed Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination.
McGovern, 85, who lives in Mitchell, said Clinton is a "seasoned, thoughtful, caring person" and that her experience as a U.S. senator and first lady make her the best qualified Democrat.
McGovern made the endorsement over the weekend in Iowa.
He said his personal loyalty to her and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, influenced his decision.
"That was one factor - I can't divorce that," McGovern told the Daily Republic of Mitchell. "It was something on my mind, but it wasn't the decisive factor. It wouldn't lead me to endorse a person who's not qualified."
McGovern said he will volunteer to help Clinton's campaign from time to time.
"I think this is going to be a Democratic year," McGovern said. "We'd really have to blow our chances to lose this one. At least in my long life, I've never seen a time when it looks more like a Democratic victory at the national level."
He attributed it to President Bush's "weakening" of the Republican Party and the country through "bad leadership."
McGovern, the Democratic nominee in 1972, lost the general election to President Richard Nixon.
Hillary Clinton, who was a 1972 McGovern campaign worker, has been criticized for her Senate vote to authorize the Iraq War. Similarly, McGovern took heat for his Senate vote in support of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which gave then-President Lyndon Johnson the authority to escalate U.S. military involvement in Vietnam.
Despite that vote, McGovern ran as the anti-Vietnam War candidate. And Clinton's Web site now says she "will end" the war in Iraq if President Bush doesn't.

Posted in Top-stories on Monday, October 8, 2007 11:00 pm | Tags: Mcgovern, Clinton

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