Judy Dean Comes Out To Iowa, McGovern Supports Clark

Howard Dean, looking for an edge with Iowa voters on the eve of the caucuses, got a show of support yesterday from his campaign-shy wife and a stalwart of the Democratic Party — former President Carter.

"I wanted to come today, I wanted to say thank you to Iowa and to support my husband for president, Howard Dean," said Judy Dean in a five-sentence speech — her first of the nearly yearlong campaign.

Earlier in the day, Dean joined Carter at church services in Plains, Ga., and the former president and Noble Peace Prize winner praised the candidate's "courageous and outspoken" stands, in particular his steadfast opposition to the Iraq war

Retired Gen. Wesley Clark, who has made gains in New Hampshire in the past two weeks, received the endorsement of 1972 Democratic nominee George McGovern for the Jan. 27 primary.

"I think the best of the lot is Wesley Clark," said McGovern, a former senator from South Dakota. "I think he's the candidate that has the best chance of winning this fall."

McGovern, who lost in a landslide to Richard Nixon, acknowledged that in 1972, Clark had "voted for the other candidate."