I think he is controlling the convention, he's being gracious and I'll bet dollars to doughnuts that both Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton will come out as unifiers out of this convention.
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I continue to believe that Hillary Clinton ought to be on the short list and be very seriously considered for the vice presidential spot.
I think they're scrambling to make sure that she is honored at the convention.
I will bet dollars to doughnuts that both Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton will come out as unifiers out of this convention.
And you started raising this question Friday night. I do think it's one of the central questions here.
This is one of the threshold questions that when you run for high public office, you have to face.
If he had actually won the Democratic nomination and this story had broken, he would have basically blown the Democrats' chance of getting the White House.
He owes it to the party to move swiftly to put out every fact that's there, to get this paternity test done, to get all of this resolved so that this doesn't linger and hang over the campaign.
This story is going to have lots of legs and keep marching along and chase him along.
I think that John Edwards, having opened this Pandora's box, needs to get everything out of it as quickly as possible.





