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Rush: Pro-Choice Veep Pick Would Destroy GOP

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

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Limbaugh gives McCain a harsh warning on his Tuesday broadcast:

"If he picks a pro-choice running mate, it's not going to be pretty.... If the McCain camp does that, they will have effectively destroyed the Republican party and put the conservative movement in the bleachers."

Also says picking Lieberman or Ridge would "ensure his defeat."

Read key quotes from El Rushbo's Tuesday show here.

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