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(The Hill) Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) endorsed Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination on Wednesday in New Hampshire.

“I am really here for one reason and one reason only, and that is to make sure that Mitt Romney is the next president of the United States,” McCain said. “New Hampshire is the state that will catapult him on to victory in a very short period of time.”

The endorsement helps to solidify Romney’s position in the upcoming New Hampshire primary. He has polled consistently as a front-runner in the state and currently holds first place with 43 percent support in the Suffolk University/7News two-day tracking poll of likely voters leading up to the Jan. 10 vote.

McCain is a favorite in the Granite State, where he won the Republican primary in 2000 over the eventual nominee, George W. Bush, and again in 2008.  (read more)