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Sep 21, 2008 9:00 am US/Eastern

NY's Independence Party Endorses McCain

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Click to enlarge 1 of 2: Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain received the endorsement of the New York Independence Party. (file)
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Click to enlarge 2 of 2: Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain his wife Cindy (2nd-left) along with his vice presidential pick Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her husband Todd (right) campaign together at Tom's Diner Aug. 30, 2008, in Pittsburgh, Pa.
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New York's Independence Party has endorsed Republican John McCain, its first major-party pick for president.

Chairman Frank MacKay announced the endorsement yesterday. He said the party -- the state's third-largest -- sees the Republican senator as an independent thinker because of his work on such issues as campaign finance reform.

Supporters of independent presidential candidate Ross Perot founded the state's Independence Party in 1996.

It now counts about 355,000 registered voters statewide, compared to more than 5.4 million Democrats and nearly 3 million Republicans.

The McCain campaign didn't immediately return a telephone message Saturday night.

The goals of the New York Independence Party include ending budget deficits, unfunded pension liabilities, and other underfunded long term liabilities, and diminishing campaign contributions.

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