With friends like Joe, the Democrats need no enemies.

Senators McCain and Lieberman cozy up at Munich conference
By DAVID RISING

MUNICH, Germany -- It was no surprise when U.S. senators John McCain and Joseph Lieberman pulled chairs up next to one another Saturday to hear what German Chancellor Angela Merkel had to say at a prestigious defense conference.

The two call each other John and Joe, and even though McCain is an Arizona Republican and Lieberman is a Democrat from Connecticut, they often cross party lines to work together _ sometimes to the chagrin of their peers.

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"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. "And my presidential campaign days are over _ I hope his aren't."

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