This is aimed particularly at those who would love to make Obama part of a Devil's Triangle on Debategate:
Letterman: “No, but now, all of a sudden, we have a tremendous roster of potential candidates.”
Obama: “Great candidates.”
Letterman: “Yes, a high profile of powerful, well-respected individuals. Yourself and Hilary Clinton are two that come to mind. Is having those well known, those highly qualified desirable candidates running for the nomination, is that healthy for the party?”
Obama: “I think it is good. We’ve got terrific candidates, not just myself and Hillary. You’ve got John Edwards, who’s run a terrific campaign so far; Bill Richardson, a terrific governor; I’ve got a couple of colleagues, Chris Dodd and Joe Biden and Dennis Kucinich from Congress, and so we’ve got a great collection of candidates.”
Letterman: (laughs) “Now, you’re kidding about Kucinich, right?” (audience laughs)
Obama:: “ No, no, you know, he, uh, he spices things up, you know. He has that devil-may-care-attitude that I think is healthy for a presidential race.”
http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2007/04/excerpts_obama_on_letterman.html