Quote of the Day

Amen.

"I can tell you right now, if we don't pass this bill, I don't care who you are; if you have a D behind your name and this bill has not been passed, you are in tremendous peril next year."

-- House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-SC), talking with Politico about the health care reform bill.

Double Breaking- Jim Clyburn (to) Endorse Obama

Tweety just said on MSNBC. More when I have the link.

**Note, Jim Clyburn had said that he wasn't going to endorse until after all the primaties.

UPDATE- CNN confirms he will endorse tomorrow (title changed to reflect), but I liked the AP's version better so here's that instead-

COLUMBIA, S.C.—House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn is endorsing Barack Obama for president.

The South Carolina congressman told The Associated Press on Monday that he has started to phone the state's superdelegates to ask them to get behind one candidate. When asked whether that candidate was Obama, Clyburn said yes.

Clyburn says he'll make a formal endorsement announcement Tuesday.

The backing of the highest-ranking black member of Congress comes more than four months after Obama won the Democratic primary in South Carolina.