By Jim Rutenberg and Julie Bosman May 14, 2008Update | 6:37 p.m. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — John Edwards, the former senator from North Carolina who bowed out of the presidential race in January, endorsed Senator Barack Obama at a rally here tonight.
“The reason I am here tonight is because the Democratic voters of America have made their choice and so have I,” Mr Edwards said.
Mr. Edwards then went on to say, “There is one man who knows in his heart that it is time to tear down that wall and make one America, Barack Obama.”
Officials announced the news of Mr. Edwards’s endorsement shortly after Mr. Obama landed here late this afternoon.
The campaign timed it to coincide with the start of the major evening newscasts, which would have otherwise focused on Senator Hillary Clinton’s landslide victory in West Virginia, which raised new questions about Mr. Obama’s strength with white working class voters.…more
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