9 seconds ago 2009-11-10T12:44:28-08:00
On "Fox News Sunday," Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) seemed to say that she would accept an offer to become Barack Obama’s running mate.
“I’m honored to be mentioned. Let me just tell you, I’m going to do something that people don’t do around Washington very often. I think you’re not supposed to do this. I think anybody in Washington would be thrilled to be asked to be vice president,” she said.
Host Chris Wallace followed up, “So you’d say yes?”
“Well, you know, I’d like to meet somebody who wouldn’t. If they’re saying they wouldn’t, I don’t think that they are being as candid or as up front with the American people as possible.”
Wallace also asked Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) if he would accept a vice presidential nod from John McCain and Thune gave the standard answer: He wouldn’t rule it out, but it wasn’t something he aspired to.
Asked if either campaign had asked the senators for personal information, presumably for vice-presidential vetting, both Thune and McCaskill said that information had not been requested.
