Texas Governor Settles for Second Choice

Texas Governor Rick Perry, who found himself suddenly without a candidate when Rudy Giuliani dropped out of the presidential race Wednesday, wasted no time in throwing his support behind another candidate, Senator John McCain.

Perry officially endorsed McCain yesterday, saying that the maverick Republican "can and will win the war on terror.... Everything else is kind of secondary."

Tags: 2008; endorsements; McCain; Perry; POTUS