AP Indianapolis had the silver-platter scoop at 12:01 a.m. Eastern: 'Former Indiana Rep. Lee Hamilton is backing Sen. Barack Obama in an endorsement that could boost the presidential hopeful's national security standing, The Associated Press has learned. Hamilton ... was vice chairman of the Sept. 11 commission. He planned to announce his endorsement of Obama on Wednesday. In an interview Hamilton said he viewed the Illinois senator as a champion of 'the politics of consensus and not of partisan division.' '