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Rep. McCarthy: Forget Rep. Weiner, vote for Bloomberg

A Long Island Democrat is crossing party linesto endorse billionaire independent Mayor Michael Bloomberg foranother term.

Rep. Carolyn McCarthy says the mayor should be re-elected thisyear. That means she's not waiting around for Anthony Weiner, herDemocratic colleague in Congress, to decide whether he's running.

Bloomberg was a Democrat for years before he changed parties torun for...

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