Sen. Barack Obama told CNN’s Candy Crowley yesterday that he’s in no hurry to pick a vice presidential candidate and “everybody needs to settle down” about the decision.

“We just completed this arduous process,” Obama said. “It’s only been two days, and I think it’s not just in my interest and Sen. Clinton’s interest, but in the Democratic Party’s interest and the country’s interest to make sure I make this decision well.”

Calling his choice of running mate “the most important decision that I will make before I am president,” the senator from Illinois said he would “be deliberate and systematic about it, because this will be my final counselor when I am making decisions in the White House, and I want to make sure I get it right.”

In other news, Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton met late last night to discuss bringing unity to their party. No word yet on what they concluded.