Elizabeth Edwards Apologizes to Clinton

AP ^ | 10/20/6 | PHILIP ELLIOTT

[SmithL]

Elizabeth Edwards, wife of White House hopeful John Edwards, apologized to Sen. Hillary Clinton after saying her choices in life have made her happier than the senator, a Clinton aide said Friday.

Clinton adviser Howard Wolfson said Elizabeth Edwards called the New York Democrat on Friday night just after she finished a debate in Rochester, N.Y., against Republican challenger John Spencer.

"Elizabeth Edwards called her and apologized," Wolfson said. "They had a good conversation."

Wolfson said the two spoke only for a couple of minutes.

"The senator thanked her for the call and wished her well on her book tour," Wolfson said.

The apology followed remarks by Elizabeth Edwards on Thursday at a luncheon sponsored by Ladies' Home Journal.

"She and I are from the same generation," she said of the senator and former first lady. "We both went to law school and married other lawyers, but after that we made other choices. I think my choices have made me happier. I think I'm more joyful than she is."

Clinton and Edwards, the former North Carolina senator and Democratic vice presidential nominee in 2004, are potential rivals for their party's presidential nomination in 2008.

Edwards said she didn't know the New York senator very well but said Clinton would be "a formidable opponent" for her husband.

[GretchenM]

I do get that part. I guess I am very far removed from that line of thinking. I can't imagine being so consumed with another's woman adjustment to life that THAT would come rolling off my tongue in a press interview. My observations and experience lead me to believe those things don't usually just happen; rather, the speaker has usually been "meditating" on such thoughts for a while. I'd rather think of other things about people than comparing myself with their happiness level. It seems the sort of thing a depressed person would say to make herself feel better. (For example: "I may be miserable, but in this one area, she's got to be more miserable than I am," despite disclaimers to the contrary.)

[ROTB]

>Must have gotten a phone call.

LOL! That's quite ... precious.

[jimbo123]

Looks like Hitlery's goons have been hard at work...

[Sacajaweau]

The statement was a nothing. The only reason necessary for a response would be because Hillary said: "Damn right, she better apologize". Ah, to be a fly on the wall

Cat fight?? Women are like this....ya know.

[Miss Didi]

Why this is even news is amazing. Has the AP nothing else to report on today?