John Edwards, the former senator and Democratic presidential primary candidate from North Carolina, did not officially make an endorsement Friday. But did he utter a verbal slip-up signaling that he favored Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., over Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.? The exchange occurred on the MSNBC show “Morning Joe.”
“OK, well, I’m close,” said host Mika Brzezinski, asking about an endorsement. “I just need to find out who Elizabeth voted for,” she said, referring to Edwards’ wife.
“I just voted for him on Tuesday, so . . . ” Edwards said.
Co-host David Shuster interrupted: “So it was a him or a her that you voted for?”
Laughing, Edwards backpedaled: “No, no.”
So did he unwittingly reveal whom he will eventually endorse? Depends on whether he said “him” or ” ’em.” Edwards added to the speculation, saying of Obama, “He is clearly the likely nominee at this point.” The New York Times
