Barack Obama actually said...

"I want to acknowledge a candidate who left the race this week, John Edwards, who did such an outstanding job elevating the issues of poverty and the plight of working families all across the country."

"I have not signed on to the notion of an interest rates freeze..."

"John Edwards has spent a lifetime fighting to give voice to the voiceless and hope to the struggling."

"in America, the future is what we decide it's going to be."