Politics / Bill Clinton Bill: I Made Mistakes but I'm No Racist 'There were things I wish I hadn't said,' he tells ABC By Matt Cantor, Newser Staff Posted Aug 4, 2008 6:56 AM CDT Copied Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., and her husband Bill Clinton take the stage a rally in New York, Tuesday, June 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Speaking in his first broadcast interview since the Democratic primaries, Bill Clinton conceded he made mistakes during his wife's presidential campaign, but declared to ABC News: “I am not a racist.” He said he has regrets about the campaign, but “not the ones you think"—though he refused to elaborate. "There are things that I wish I'd urged her to do. Things I wish I'd said. Things I wish I hadn't said," said Clinton. His comments about Barack Obama's South Carolina primary victory, indicating a black man was more likely to win the state, sparked a storm of controversy, but Clinton insisted: "I never made a racist comment, and I didn't attack him personally." (More Bill Clinton stories.) Report an error