Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, meeting with President Bush in Rome, revealed his preference in the U.S. Presidential race: “However, I suppose I could express my own personal preference for one of the candidates: the Republican candidate,” Berlusconi said. “And this is for a very selfish reason, and that is that I would no longer be the oldest person at the upcoming (Group of Eight summits), because McCain is a month older than me.”