Bill Clinton: "It is time for the party leadership to unite behind his candidacy" [View All]

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Well, that's what he said about Michael Dukakis in 1988:

Bill Clinton said in South Dakota recently that he has "never seen a candidate treated so disrespectfully just for running" and attacking a "frantic effort to push her out," adding that no one asked Ted Kennedy, Jesse Jackson or Gary Hart to end their presidential campaigns early.

The flashback in this case is to May 6, 1988, when Mike Dukakis was the presumptive nominee, though still short of the majority of delegates.

From that day's AP wire:

"Gov. Dukakis has emerged as the voters' choice, the clear leader in the Democratic nomination process," said Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton, described as the leader in the effort to round up the gubernatorial support that was announced during the day. "It is time for the party leadership to unite behind his candidacy," he said.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0508/Bill_vs_Bill.html
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/5/29/11339/1362/1021/524786