I think it's clear that he has a lot of respect for Sen. McCain. I've just enjoyed his show of "supporting" Sen. Obama while torpedoing him at the same time. It's a balancing act only someone as politically talented as Bill Clinton could pull off.
On “Larry King Live” the next night, Mr. Clinton said that while John McCain was a friend — one who had “stood up to his party” to help normalize relations with Vietnam, “stood up to stop ethnic cleansing in Bosnia,” and was a national hero — Mr. Obama’s political views “are much closer to what Hillary and I want.”
Yep, Bill Clinton is brilliant. He says wonderful things about McCain and then the obligatory line for Obama. If it weren't going to be made public or if he were in a swing state, I'd bet my bottom dollar he'd vote for McCain. After all, a vote for McCain is a vote for Hillary in 2012.