"Throughout this campaign, Fred Thompson brought a laudable focus to the challenges confronting our country and the solutions necessary to meet them. He stood for strong conservative ideas and believed strongly in the need to keep our conservative coalition together. Ann and I would like to extend our best wishes to Fred, Jeri and their family and congratulate them on their efforts during this campaign."
He made other statements later in the day, I think it was a response to a question. He said something along the lines of - Fred would be a great VP, would help me, I’d be honored, any Republican ticket would benefit, etc., etc.