John Edwards met secretly with Hillary Clinton and will meet with Barack Obama about a possible endorsement.
Edwards has been “in talks” with Clinton and Barack Obama “for weeks” about an endorsement but has not yet said who he will endorse or when he will do it.
The former North Carolina senator met with Clinton on Thursday and will meet with Obama on Monday. The campaign official described him as “very torn” in reaching a decision about which candidate to back.
Edwards dropped out of the race last month after placing third in the South Carolina Democratic presidential primary. He said at the time that he had spoken to both of his former rivals and each had pledged to carry his anti-poverty message with them on the campaign trail and into the White House if one became president.
Clinton campaign officials would not comment on what took place at the sit-down or how it went, calling it a private meeting. But Clinton herself brought up Edwards’ name twice on Saturday during an event in Lewiston, Maine. First, she praised him on health care, then in a question and answer session, she told an ex-Edwards supporter that she and Edwards have a lot in common.
