Mitt Romney, in a final indignity, today endorsed Senator John McCain. The two had traded some pretty heavy shots during the campaign season, but today the Mittster swallowed hard and did the party unity thing. From the Washington Post:
With McCain standing next to him, Romney said he was urging his 280 delegates to support the Arizona senator at the Republican convention in September.
“This is a man who has served and suffered for his country,” Romney said. “Our Democratic opponents are very skilled at striking heroic poses,” he said, calling McCain “the real thing.”
McCain thanked Romney for the endorsement and praised him for running “a hard, intensive, fine, honorable campaign.”
Fine and honorable were not the adjectives used by McCain during the campaign, but their past differences are to be put aside.
The warm feelings were a huge contrast to the just-ended campaign, during which the two repeatedly called each other liars and worse. Asked about the negative tone and ill will on the campaign trail, both men sought to put the past in the past.
“We all know it was a hard campaign. Primaries are tough,” McCain said.
“Now we move forward. Now we move forward together for the good of our party.”
Romney added: “I still have my views. The senator has his views. But as a party, we come together. I recognize that it’s time for us to put aside our differences and focus on the places where we think we have common ground.”
Good job Mitt! If McCain wins maybe he will make you ambassador to Iceland.
Bill Manzi.com 
Ambassador? Considering his sudden dropout, I would not be surprised some back room deal was made for Romney to be McCain’s running mate. If McCain wins and has even a semi-successful presidency, Romney might be able to take that to his own oval office occupancy in 4 to 8 years. Romney is much younger than McCain, and can bide his time.
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Romney should run for the Belmont City Council in 2009…how funny would that be!
I’m still waging my bets on a McCain-DeLay/Cheney ticket.
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