Gratuitous and unnecessary sentences

From an article about George Bush respectfully choosing not to say anything critical about Obama. It is a non-story fluff article. But then there's this paragraph:

Bush said he wants Obama to succeed and said it's important that he has that support. Talk-show host Rush Limbaugh has said he hoped Obama would fail.

Rush is not mentioned anywhere else in the article. Except here. You know, just in case you forgot that he...what, MSNBC, hates America? Hates Obama?

Useless.