Obama downplays tension with Clintons

From NBC/NJ's Athena Jones EN ROUTE FROM MINNEAPOLIS TO CHICAGO -- Obama dismissed any notion that there was tension with the Clintons, suggesting during a 14-minute press conference aboard his plane today that the media was largely responsible for promoting that idea. The Illinois senator, who departs tomorrow for a weeklong trip with his family to visit his grandmother in Hawaii, said he had spoken with both Hillary and Bill Clinton this week and that they were committed to helping him get elected. "She's campaigning for me in Nevada and Florida, and she is very enthusiastic about the need for a unified party," the senator said when asked about talk among Clinton supporters of putting her name on the ballot for a floor vote at the convention. Obama said that the "mechanics" of the convention were still being discussed by his staff and Sen. Clinton's staff, and that he did not "anticipate any problems." But he would not say whether he would object to having Clinton's name entered ... (link)