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Haley Barbour is a free man. The veteran Republican politician's final term as Mississippi governor ended in January, and he is not running for president--or for any other office. Barbour is instead "volunteering" (as he puts it) for American Crossroads, the super PAC co-founded by GOP strategist Karl Rove; serving on the board of Resurgent Republic, a conservative polling firm founded by Romney adviser Ed Gillespie; and working as a tax lobbyist. In his new freelancer role, Barbour spends a lot more time in Washington, D.C. than when he was governor. On a trip to the nation's capital this week, Barbour had breakfast with reporters in the basement of the swanky St. Regis Hotel, where he opened up about why Romney is not as conservative as he claims, the sort of running mate Romney should choose and why the current campaign finance system should be dismantled. Romney the 'least conservative' candidate Barbour, who mulled his own run for president early in 2011, has...