Democrat Senator Joe Lieberman gave a quasi-endorsement for a John McCain (R-AZ)2008 presidential run in Munich on Saturday. An Associated Press reports quotes Lieberman as saying, "…my presidential campaign days are over - I hope his aren't."

Quasi-Endorsement

This shouldn't be a shock as the two are close friends and agree on many things.

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So - would they consider running together? Here's how AP writer David Rising calls it:

The two seem like they might make a bipartisan dream team in the White House - should one change parties or both go independent - the suggestion was greeted only with a laugh.

"Every now and again we're asked that, and McCain always says we couldn't do it because each of us would want to be vice president," Lieberman told The Associated Press.

That's when Lieberman gave his favor to a McCain 2008 run for the White House.

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More quotes from the conference show that both men understand the danger in Iran.

McCain later told the gathering of the world's top defense officials that "every option must remain on the table," when dealing with Iran on its nuclear program because "there's only one thing worse than military action, that is a nuclear-armed Iran," Lieberman did not elaborate much.

"I agree with John," he told the gathering, tossing out his prepared remarks on the Iran issue to spend more time instead lobbying for greater international involvement in Sudan.

"It is not unusual for Senator McCain and I to agree on matters of policy, but as people in the United States know, when we do agree it doesn't mean we are speaking for either the Democratic or Republican parties," he said to laughter.

"But in this case I do believe we are speaking for the overwhelming majority."

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Expect the left fringe to latch on to this and hammer away at Senator Lieberman, but he and McCain are absolutely correct in their assessment.

--CK Rairden