COLUMBIA, S.C. - Former state Rep. Rick Quinn
says he's received the endorsement of Arizona Sen. John McCain in
his bid for state treasurer.
"He's a personal friend. I'm happy to have his help," Quinn
said.
Quinn says he's known the potential Republican presidential
candidate for years. His father's political consulting firm, Richard
Quinn and Associates, helped lead McCain's 2000 presidential
bid.
McCain's U.S. Senate office did not immediately respond to
questions about the e-mail sent out using his name.
That message notes that Quinn "worked tirelessly for me in South
Carolina against overwhelming odds" in the 2000 GOP presidential
primary. McCain lost here to President Bush, leaving what some still
see as a Bush-McCain divide in state Republican politics.
