Co-Chairman of 9/11 Commission and Iraq Study Group Backs Obama

Obama picked up the endorsement of former Indiana Congressman Lee Hamilton. Hamilton served 35 years in the House of Representatives, as Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and as Co-Chairman of both the 9/11 Commission and the Iraq Study Group. Once mentioned as a possible running mate for Bill Clinton, Mr. Hamilton is the highest-profile native of Indiana to endorse Obama to date and should help to counterbalance the pro-Clinton exertions of the Bayh family. Of course, this presumes that Clinton makes it to Indiana by way of a big win in Pennsylvania.

“I read his national security and foreign policy speeches," Hamilton said, "and he comes across to me as pragmatic, visionary and tough. He impresses me as a person who wants to use all the tools of presidential power.”