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Once again, Bill Clinton proved that being an ex-president, surrounded by the rosy glow of the past, beats being the current pilloried resident of the White House.

A Wednesday night guest on comedian Jimmy Kimmels late-night ABC show, Clinton was tight-lipped about his familys future political plans, leaving that to Hillary Rodham Clinton to eventually divulge, but embraced his 1992 moniker as the nations first black president and the actual first black president.

I loved being called the first black president, but Barack Obama really is, Clinton told Kimmel, to laughs.

Clintons historic support among and affinity with African Americans became strained in 2008 when Hillary Clinton and Obama battled to become the Democratic partys presidential nominee.

Clinton pointed to that divide when he said that any differences between his family and Obama were resolved along with that primary fight.

You know, Ive done what I could since Hillary lost the primary, weve done everything we could to support him, Clinton said. Then he turned to Obamacare, and pointed out that more than 7 million people signed up for healthcare coverage by Mondays deadline. Clinton, of course, had battled for his own healthcare proposal when he took office, to no avail.

This is going to have huge positive economic benefits, if we just stay with it and keep working with it, he said.

The appearance on Kimmels show came during a multiday Southern California swing. On Thursday morning Clinton joins Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber and others at City Hall to discuss infrastructure at an event organized by the Clinton Global Initiative.

Hillary Rodham Clinton, the former secretary of State and a potential 2016 White House contender, will be in California in coming days for a series of paid speaking events, and their daughter, Chelsea, has taken a greater role in the familys charitable efforts, leading to questions about her future political pursuits.

Clinton didnt directly address either, but may have offered a clue as to where his desires lie.

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Bill Clinton on being the first black president, and aliens too