Hillary Clinton in 2008 offered to appoint former senator and presidential candidate John Edwards to serve as attorney general, according to a new book by ex-Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod. The one catch: He had to first drop out of the race and endorse her over Obama.
"Well between us, Hillary is offering attorney general, but what John really wants is to be on the ticket," someone in Edwards' camp told Axelrod, according to the latter's book.
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