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Hints of Vito comeback

Scandal-scarred former Rep. Vito Fossella popped up at a health-care forum over the weekend — prompting speculation that the Staten Island Republican is eyeing a political comeback.

Fossella, whose career plunged after a drunken-driving arrest led to revelations that he’d fathered a love child, made an impromptu presentation at the Staten Islanders for Health Care Reform meeting on Saturday, a co-organizer said.

“He was certainly well received,” said Tom Sipps.

In his speech to the 100 or so people at the event, Fossella said of President Obama’s health plan, “You don’t level the house to fix what’s broken,” according to Sipps.

The former congressman has also turned up recently at other traditional stumping spots, such as the parade for the South Shore National , the Staten Island baseball team that made it to the semifinals of the Little League World Series.

Richmond County Republican Committee Chairman John Friscia said he hopes Fossella, 44, will run again.