Found this great article: Bush to endorse John McCain by the Associated Press:

WASHINGTON - It’s not good to keep President Bush waiting. But John McCain did on Wednesday.

Bush joked with reporters and laughed and turned left and right as he waited for the Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting to show up at the White House for a promised endorsement.

McCain finally showed up and the two men went inside for lunch. “He’s going to win,” Bush said. He shook hands with McCain and kissed his wife, Cindy, on the cheek.

McCain was getting a formal welcome at the North Portico, followed by lunch in Bush’s private dining room and an endorsement in the Rose Garden.

In recent weeks, Bush has gone out of his way to defend the senator’s conservative credentials, saying criticism of the Arizona senator has been grossly unfair. The two were bitter rivals in 2000.

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