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Secret Is Out: Rush Helps McCain February 14, 2008 BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: The Drive-By Media, ladies and gentlemen, two days later is still fascinated with my claim that I am actually the greatest asset Senator McCain has. Because were I to endorse him -- said I -- it would send all the moderates and the independents and the liberals that are supporting him scurrying away, such is their dislike, their hate, their loathing for me. So this is being discussed still on the cable shows. Morning Joe today, Joe Scarborough had Mary Matalin on as a guest on the...

With Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff For the story behind the story... Sen. John McCain, RINO-Ariz., today withdrew his comparison of talk radio star Rush Limbaugh to a circus clown - by apologizing to clowns. "I apologize to circus clowns all over America," McCain told Fox News Channel's Neil Cavuto. He specifically mentioned Bozo and Chuckles. McCain said his previous comment sparked angry phone calls to his office from circus clowns nationwide. You don't like him, Cavuto pressed. The senator insisted he didn't dislike Limbaugh and viewed him as a skilled entertainer. If he met Limbaugh, he told Cavuto, he'd...