Romney bows out of GOP presidential race

Friday, February 8, 2008

WASHINGTON -- John McCain effectively sealed the Republican presidential nomination Thursday as chief rival Mitt Romney suspended his faltering campaign. "I must now stand aside, for our party and our country," Romney told conservatives.

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