Story highlights Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell said Hillary Clinton has his endorsement in the 2016 contest

Even if his close friend Mike Bloomberg launches an independent bid

Washington (CNN) Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell said Hillary Clinton has his endorsement in the 2016 contest, even if his close friend Mike Bloomberg launches an independent bid.

That has some asking if Rendell, a former Democratic National Committee chairman, would break away from his fellow party members and endorse his friend, the billionaire former mayor of New York.

In a recent New York Times piece , Rendell said he might pick Bloomberg over Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, a self-described democratic socialist.

But Bloomberg over Hillary? No way.

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