August 24, 2008
Posted: 01:38 PM ET
From CNN's Peter Lanier
Barack Obama called Evan Bayh on Friday to tell him he would not be the Democratic VP candidate.
 WASHINGTON (CNN) – Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Indiana, reflected on a moment that few people in this world get to experience — receiving a personal call from Barack Obama informing him that he will not be his vice presidential running mate. Speaking to CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Sunday, Bayh acknowledged that he was grateful to be one of the two or three finalists for the job. “Obviously, Wolf, it’s a life-changing moment,” Bayh said on CNN’s "Late Edition." “He had a lot of nice things to say about me, which I was very flattered by. I told him I was honored to be considered… and that I thought Joe Biden was an excellent man and he could count on me in anyway that I could.” When asked if Obama gave any reasons for his decision, Bayh said he did not provide specifics. “He just said that they were going to be going in a different direction but he said that that was a reflection on other things than me. He said a number of things that I would sound immodest if I recounted to you, so I’m not going to do that.” Along with Biden and Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, Bayh was widely speculated to be one of the finalists to be Obama’s running mate. His experience as a two-term senator and governor from a state that Obama is working hard to put in the blue column made him a very appealing candidate. Bayh received the call on Friday and said that he called Biden early Saturday morning to congratulate him.
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