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CANONSBURG, United States (AFP) ??” subordinate to pressure in the polls as he jot downs the final stretch in his race for the White House, Senator John Kerry employed to Democratic heavy-hitter former president Bill Clinton for help from his hospital bed.

Kerry spoke by the agency of phone at the weekend with the former president, known as a brilliant campaigner, and got advice about in what way to retool his message.

A spokeswoman also confirmed that Kerry had appointed a modern senior advisor to help him until the November 2 suffrage but the campaign has denied there have been panic changes.

The Massachusetts senator spoke with Clinton upon Friday and Saturday as Clinton awaited heart bypass surgery said Kerry spokeswoman Allison Dobson.

"On Friday night Kerry called to wish him well. And they decided to speak in the evening upon Saturday night," she said. "They had a discussion about the campaign."

Clinton and Kerry spoke for