Hillary Clinton Gets an Endorsement from Claire McCaskill

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has yet to declare she will run for president in 2016 -- but she already has the backing of a Democrat in the U.S. Senate.

On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., who supported Barack Obama over Clinton back in 2008, said she is supporting Ready for Hillary, a group looking to get Clinton in the race.

Hillary Clinton had to give up her political operation while she was making us proud, representing us around the world as an incredible secretary of state, and thats why Ready for Hillary is so critical, McCaskill said on Tuesday. Its important that we start early, building a grassroots army from the ground up, and effectively using the tools of the Internet all things that President Obama did so successfully so that if Hillary does decide to run, well be ready to help her win.

They arent only reaching out to folks who supported Hillary in 2008, McCaskill added. Theyre helping to show that regardless of who you supported for president back then, we can all agree today that there is nobody better equipped to be our next president than Hillary Clinton.