Veepstakes: McCain 'pleased' with Romney

Posted: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 5:43 PM by Domenico Montanaro Filed Under: 2008 From NBC/NJ’s Mike Memoli THE SHORT LIST. John McCain gave his fairly standard answer on Mitt Romney as a VP contender: “Mitt Romney is a great person, and he's done a great job for us, and we're really pleased at the cooperation and help that he's given us and he won millions of Republican votes so there will be a big place for him in the Republican party in the future, but obviously we're not talking about specific candidates.” Bob Dole’s former manager says he expects McCain to name his VP on the Friday after the Dem convention. Scott Reed: "It would be a good way to quash Obama's bounce." WHAT THEY’RE UP TO. Hillary Clinton really loves New York. She said in Syracuse today that the hardest part of campaigning was that she “missed actually... [read full story]