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 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." Read These Next Officials say ICE agent who shot Renee Good had internal bleeding. Dems and Republicans team up to block Trump on Greenland. You might be able to squeeze a few more years out of life this way. FBI conducts 'exceedingly rare' search on journo's home. Report an error