- ABC News' Matthew Jaffe reports: Sen. Barack Obama's,
D-Ill., vice presidential nominee, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., Wednesday said
that Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., might have been a better pick for the
position than him.
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- At a rally in Nashua, N.H., a man in the audience told
Biden how glad he was that Obama picked him over Hillary, "not because
she's a woman, but because, look at the things she did in the past."
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- "Make no mistake about this," Biden responded.
"Hillary Clinton is as qualified or more qualified than I am to be
vice president of the United States of America. Let's get that straight.
She's a truly close personal friend, she is qualified to be president of
the United States of America, she's easily qualified to be vice president
of the United States of America, and quite frankly, it might have been
a better pick than me. But she's first rate, I mean that sincerely, she's
first rate, so let's get that straight."
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- Spokesman Ben Porritt offered this response from the
McCain camp: "Barack Obama's most important decision of this election,
and Biden -- the candidate he selects -- suggests, himself, that he wasn't
the right man for the job, and that Hillary Clinton would have been a better
choice. Biden certainly has a credible viewpoint on this."
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