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Is it a game changer?
It depends on who is talking, but clearly the decision by former Nebraska Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel to endorse Bob Kerrey is a coup for the Democrat.
Hagel is expected to cross party lines today and back Kerrey in his U.S. Senate race against Republican State Sen. Deb Fischer.
Hagel and Kerrey served together in the Senate. Perhaps more important, both are Vietnam War veterans who developed a strong friendship.
Hagel is expected to make the announcement in Omaha, according to a spokesman for the Kerrey campaign.
The endorsement comes as polls show the race tightening in the home stretch, with Kerrey drawing close to Fischer - the front-runner throughout the campaign.
Republicans quickly downplayed the value of the endorsement, noting that Hagel hasn't lived in Nebraska since he left the Senate in 2009.
