We may have an insight into what kind of President Obama will be by what kind of candidate he has been.

"I had just been asked a question -- I don't remember which one -- and Obama was sitting right next to me. Then the moderator went across the room, I think to Chris Dodd, so I thought I was home free for a while. I wasn't going to listen to the next question. I was about to say something to Obama when the moderator turned to me and said, 'So, Gov. Richardson, what do you think of that?' But I wasn't paying any attention! I was about to say, 'Could you repeat the question? I wasn't listening.' But I wasn't about to say I wasn't listening. I looked at Obama. I was just horrified. And Obama whispered, 'Katrina. Katrina.' The question was on Katrina! So I said, 'On Katrina, my policy . . .' Obama could have just thrown me under the bus. So I said, 'Obama, that was good of you to do that.'"

It is clear that as a candidate Obama has been a man of integrity and compassion.

There is also a story that MSNBC's David Shuster tells about John Edwards coming up to Barack after a rather lackluster performance in the first half of a debate and telling him to "get in the game".

Both of these individuals have shown a lot of class during this contentious primary. We would be lucky to get either one of them, and truly blessed to get them both.