Then-presidential candidate Barack Obama had a secret meeting with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright to try to quiet him near the end of the primary season because of concerns his public appearances were hurting his presidential campaign, a new book reports.

CQ Politics’ Political Wire posted the key excerpt from the book, “Renegade: The Making of a President,” by Richard Wollfe, part of which reads:

“First came the dance over where to meet: one intermediary suggested a neutral location, but Obama said he was happy to go wherever Wright wanted. They ended up talking at Wright’s home, and Obama tried to adopt the tone of a concerned friend giving advice. He did not want to tell his former pastor what to do, but he did want to nudge him in the right direction by making him aware of what was about to happen. Wright wasn’t heading for vindication; he was heading for vilification.”

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