Barack Obama actually said...

"Senator Clinton has shown herself to be an extraordinary candidate. She is tireless, she is smart. She is capable. And so obviously she'd be on anybody's short list to be a potential vice presidential..."

"If I had my way, we would not have gone in to Iraq in the first place."

"It's going to be very hard to deliver on a smarter energy policy. It's going to be hard to -- to provide health care for people who need it or make college more affordable."

"But -- because think about what I am going to be running against: the failed policies of the Bush administration, which John McCain wants to continue."