We can continue spending $10 to $12 billions a month in Iraq and leave our troops there for the next 20 or 50 or 100 years. Or we can decide that it's time to begin a responsible, gradual withdrawal from Iraq. That's the choice in this…

This is our chance; this is our time to march forward in unity as one people to the future.

No matter where we disagreed, these are the issues that have always united Senator Clinton and myself. They're the causes that unite both of us as Democrats. And I believe at this moment they are the causes that can unite us as Americans…

But we need them. We need them badly. Not just my campaign, but the American people need their service and their vision and their wisdom in the months and years to come.

I am proud to call her friend. And I know how much we need both Bill and Hillary Clinton as a party and as a country.

Together, we inspired tens of millions of people to participate, some to cast ballots for the very first time, others who voted for the first time in a very long time.

We can continue spending $10 billion to $12 billion a month in Iraq and leave our troops there for the next 20 or 50 or 100 years. Or we can decide that it's time to be in a responsible, gradual withdrawal from Iraq. That's the choice in…

It is still possible, I think, for both of us to bring in the American people, but only if we are unified and if we understand the stakes involved and we understand that there are people who need this country to change far more than any of…

I want to talk a little bit about Senator Clinton with two stories that come out of my own head because -- because I think that they illustrate the extraordinary nature of her public service and the extraordinary nature of her campaign.

I might not be your first choice, but I'm a pretty good choice.

I am a better candidate as a consequence of having run against Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. And I cannot think of a more important task than the two of us and all of us working to continue the battle that she's been fighting.