Rails - Sep 2009 - Authentication with Cookies instead of CookieStore Sessions

I would like to persist the user authentication between user sessions
(basically a "remind me" by default).

Sessions expire while cookies persist: why should I use a session for
authentication and then another different cookie for the "remind me"?

Can''t I simply store a cookie whith a token and use it for both
authentication and persistence?
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