People.com Celebrity Barack Backs Steelers for Super Bowl Win Obama says "other than the Bears, the Steelers are probably the team that's closest to my heart" By People Staff Published on January 30, 2009 11:00 AM Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: LARRY DOWNING/Landov "I have to say, you know, I wish the Cardinals the best. Kurt Warner is a great story and he’s closer to my age than anybody else on the field, but I am a long-time Steelers fan. Mr. Rooney, the owner, was just an extraordinary supporter during the course of the campaign. Franco Harris was campaigning for me in Pittsburgh. So … So I – you know, I wish the best to the Cardinals. They’ve been long-suffering; it’s a great Cinderella story. But other than the Bears, the Steelers are probably the team that’s closest to my heart." • President Barack Obama explaining his pick for Super Bowl XLII to reporters in D.C. this week.– Sandra Sobieraj-Westfall