Describing their tiffs as the nature of political campaigns, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., told reporters Tuesday that he wants Bill Clinton campaigning for him, even though he had a reportedly tense relationship with the former president during the primaries.

Following their long awaited phone conversation on Monday, Obama told reporters that the twenty-minute chat he had with Bill Clinton was great, and was an indication of a relationship to come.

"I absolutely want Bill Clinton campaigning for me," Obama said at a Zanesville, Ohio media availability.

During the primary campaign President Clinton was a fierce advocate for his wife, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., - and at times he was critical of Obama's experience level. The former president, for example, once insinuated that nominating Obama would be a "roll of the dice," a comment which prompted equally fierce pushback from Obama at times as well.

After Mrs. Clinton endorsed Obama and campaigned with him last Friday, attention drifted toward the Mr. Clinton and Obama, to see if they could work out their rocky battle of the primary past.

"When you're in a tough primary battle, you say things that you know, afterwards you may end up thinking, ah, it might have been a little in temper," Obama said of the once testy back and forth, "But that's the nature of political campaigns."

Obama said that he and Bill Clinton, whom he called "one of the most successful presidents" in his lifetime, are now united in wanting to make sure that the Democrats succeed both in winning additional Congressional seats and the White House in November.

The Obama campaign says that President Clinton will hit the campaign trail with Obama soon, although no formal dates have been set.