Forbes said afterward that he hopes his staunchly anti-abortion stance will draw conservative voters away from his opponents.

In the second day of a bus trip through tiny Delaware leading up to Tuesday's Republican primary, the millionaire publisher also found his background in business was winning him support in a state where laws favorable to commerce have created a haven for corporate charters.

Mike Formichella, an equipment service manager at a tractor dealership, said Forbes will likely get his vote in part because he isn't a politician, but mostly because Forbes knows business.

"Everybody else has some kind of political agenda. He speaks to the common man and the businessman," Formichella said.

Forbes won this state four years ago with 33 percent of the vote compared with 27 percent for Bob Dole, who did not campaign in Delaware.

Texas Gov. George W. Bush was campaigning Friday in Detroit, but intends to be back in Delaware on Monday and Tuesday. Arizona Sen. John McCain hasn't campaigned in Delaware at all, instead concentrating on South Carolina, which has a primary election Feb. 19.

During his hour-long visit to Bridgeville, a town of about 1,400 in rural southern Delaware, Forbes outlined his platform of school choice, flat federal taxes, and a stronger military.

In a change from his speeches earlier this week in more urban northern Delaware, Forbes moved up references to his opposition to abortion.

"Life begins at inception and should only end at natural death in the United States of America," Forbes said. "Many Americans don't agree with our goal of a life amendment. But that doesn't mean you put principles aside."