OLBERMANN: One thing about this particular primary in Pennsylvania, a lot of us who felt that you and President Clinton were sorely mistreated in the late 1990s, to say nothing of the Constitution being sorely mistreated, thought that the phrase you introduced to that sad conversation, the "vast right-wing conspiracy" was pretty apt if not perfect. We thought, maybe I'm speaking for myself, one of the few utterly unforgivable individuals in that entire equation, was Richard Mellon Scaife -- among other things is the publsher of the Tribune Review. Seriously, to some degree, Senator, I quit this job the first time around because of Richard Mellon Scaife and people like him. I realize you have a primary to win. But why on earth did you meet with Richard Mellon Scaife and why did you accept, or at least not reject his endorsement of you over the weekend?

CLINTON: Well, Keith, nobody was more surprised than I when I was invited to the editorial board. And I'm very open to meeting and frankly I was kind of curious. I've only met the gentleman once in my life in a receiving line, just in a matter of seconds. Obviously, I was on the receiving end of quite a bit of his activities during the 1990s, much to everyone's dismay, most certainly mine. But I was curious. And he has a lot of interesting people who write for that paper and work for him. And it was a fascinating discussion - a lot of give and take. They certainly don't agree with me on many of my positions and I was dumbfounded both to have been invited and then to have been endorsed. But I do believe in redemption, Keith. I believe in death bed conversions and I think it's possible for anyone to see the error of their ways. So, I'm bringing people together as we speak. Anyone who doubts my ability to bridge the most incredible chasms can point to those recent events.