A little prior restraint? I guess the LA Times doesn’t want to derail Edwards’ bid to be picked for VP:

LOS ANGELES, July 21 (Xinhua) — Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards said here on Monday that he would “seriously” consider being Barack Obama’s running mate, if asked.

“Anything that I’m asked to do by Senator Obama, either as a presidential candidate or as the next president of the Untied States, I would take seriously and seriously consider,” said Edwards.

(A tip of the hat to 2164th, who alerted us to this story a couple days ago on the EB)