Exit rumored for Clinton as Democratic race climaxes

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WASHINGTON (AFP) — Hillary Clinton's last-gasp campaign to derail her rival Barack Obama's accelerating drive towards the Democratic White House nomination looked to be coming to an end Monday.

Ahead of the final two primaries Tuesday in Montana and South Dakota, even the former first lady's husband hinted at imminent defeat as party leaders coalesce behind Obama to take on Republican John McCain.

"I want to say also that this may be the last day I'm ever involved in a campaign of this kind," former president Bill Clinton told a rally of his wife's supporters in South Dakota.

"I thought I was out of politics, till Hillary decided to run. But it has been one of the greatest honors of my life to be able to go around and campaign for her for president," he...