Rudd play second fiddle again "EXCUSE me, don't spit on the prime minister," mortified mum Luise (Luise) Wilkinson told her five-month-old son, Paddy. "You keep spitting as much as you like," a clearly delighted Kevin Rudd said. If you want to dribble and drool, you dribble and drool mate. The prime minister's second election campaign visit to the Liberal-held Sydney seat of Bennelong on Monday saw him again playing second fiddle to much younger talent. Less than a week after the prime minister was photo bombed by five-year-old Joseph Kim, it was Paddy's turn to steal the limelight. Mr Rudd was introduced to the Wilkinson family, from Manly, while visiting Macquarie University's Australian Hearing Hub, which provides services for those with hearing difficulties. "Now who's this possum?" he asked, before taking little Paddy in his arms. The flashbulbs exploded as the travelling media snappers focused on Mr Rudd and the child. Paddy has suffering minor hearing loss since birth and was fitted with his first hearing aids on Monday morning. Mr Rudd was at the university to announce $35.6 million in funding to retrain workers under a Manufacturing Skills Plus program. The program's expected to help nearly 7000 new and existing manufacturing workers. He also announced a new medical technologies innovation partnership between the government, business and researchers to be based at Macquarie Park. The partnership is aimed at tapping into the $US300 billion ($A328 billion) a year global medical technology market. Labor says this will help build on the success of Australian companies like Cochlear, which developed the bionic ear hearing aid. Labor is hoping to win the electorate of Bennelong in northwest Sydney after losing it to tennis champ and Liberal MP John Alexander in 2010. Mr Alexander holds the seat with a 3.1 per cent margin.