Marco Rubio At CPAC: ‘I Don’t Wanna Be In Politics My Whole Life’

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., the son of Cuban immigrants, waits to make a statement at a news conference where he expressed his disappointment in President Barack Obama's initiative to normalize relations between the Un... Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., the son of Cuban immigrants, waits to make a statement at a news conference where he expressed his disappointment in President Barack Obama's initiative to normalize relations between the United States and Cuba, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) MORE LESS
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At the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday, Sen Marco Rubio (R-FL) answered a question about the possibility that he might run for President by saying, “I don’t want to be in politics my whole life.”

Rubio initially said that if a politician believes he should pursue the nation’s highest office, he should do it no matter what. But then he told his interviewer, Fox News host Sean Hannity, that he had plans beyond his career in Washington, D.C.

“The truth is, Sean, I don’t wanna be in politics my whole life,” he said. “I wanna serve my country and do other things.”

Still, Rubio made it clear that while he’s in the game, he wants to make a difference.

“I don’t want my kids to grow up one day and ask me, how come you got to grow up in the greatest country in the world, but we get to live in a a country that’s diminished?”

Hannity threw a few names at Rubio in a game of word association.

Hillary Clinton? “Yesterday.” Bill Clinton? “Whats the next one?”

And Barack Obama? “Failed.”

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