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Sat 05 May 2004Kerry courts McCain the mutineerAmerica Conor O'CleryIt's the story that won't go away, the speculation that Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry might ask popular Republican Senator John McCain to be his running mate. The New York Times started the ball rolling again on Saturday by reporting that prominent Democrats want the two Vietnam vets on a unity ticket to win swing votes and unseat George Bush.On Meet the Press next day, Democratic Senator Joe Biden point-blank urged Kerry to pick up the phone and invite the Arizona senator to be his nominee for vice-president. Senator Bill Nelson, a VP hopeful himself, said if McCain were picked there would be a "collective sigh" that said, "This feels right!" With neither Kerry nor Bush capable of bringing a bitterly bipartisan country together, CBS News said that Kerry-McCain would be a "dream team".