Rep. Howard Berman faces Rep. Brad Sherman in November thanks to the redrawing of congressional boundaries and California's primary system.
Two of the GOP's leading lawmakers on national security — Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham — along with independent Sen. Joe Lieberman announced Monday that they are backing Berman, the top Democrat on House Foreign Affairs Committee.
McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee, called Berman a "man of determination and honor." Graham said Berman knows how to work on a bipartisan basis.
Berman also is supported by Democratic California Gov. Jerry Brown and the state's two Democratic senators — Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein.
