Ron Paul will not back McCain

Ron Paul will not back John McCain as the Republican nominee even though he is now assured of not winning the nomination himself, and he has ruled out a third party run.

He was quoted as saying:

The 10-term congressman with libertarian ideals calls for the U.S. to bring overseas troops home and invest the saved money domestically, while McCain has vowed to remain overseas, especially in Iraq, for as long as necessary. “I cannot support anybody with the foreign policy he advocates — perpetual war,” Paul said on Monday in comments reported by Andrew Malcolm of the Los Angeles Times. “That is just so disturbing to me.”

He also believes that with Mitt Romney out of the race the chances of a brokered convention are nil.

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