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From CBS News' Maria Gavrilovic:(CHICAGO) Barack Obama defended Bill Clinton today for not giving him a splashy endorsement, explaining that the former president probably did not want to upstage his wife.
“I’m going to be appearing with Senator Clinton, the former president’s wife who was involved in an epic, historic primary with me, and then I’m going to be campaigning with her on Friday,” Obama said today at a press conference, “So it’s understandable that the former president wouldn’t want to upstage what is going to be, I think, a terrific unity event over the next day and a half.”
Bill Clinton gave his support to Obama yesterday but did so through a spokesman. Hillary Clinton explained that her husband is currently in Europe to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s birthday and thus could only issue a written statement.
Obama offered words of praise for both Clintons today, calling Bill Clinton a “brilliant politician” and Hillary Clinton a “terrific campaigner.”
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