"I want to use this press conference to make people absolutely clear that obviously whatever relationship I had with Reverend Wright has changed as a consequence of this. I don't think that he showed much concern for me. More importantly, I don't think he showed much concern for what we were trying to do in this campaign and what we are trying to do for the American people, with the American people."

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Barack Obama speaks about Reverend Wright's sermons and defends himself and his campaign.

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