President Bush took an apparent swipe at Sen. Hillary Clinton yesterday as he called for a civil debate over a controversial immigration reform bill.

The President’s comments came a day after Clinton (D-N.Y.) said GOP immigration reform would make a criminal out of "Jesus himself."

"When we conduct this debate, it must be done in a civil way," Bush said after meeting with business and religious advocates on the issue yesterday.

"It must be done in a way that brings dignity to the process. It must be done in a way that doesn’t pit one group of people against another," he said.

A White House official said the President was well aware of Clinton’s biblical broadside when he spoke, but Team Bush didn’t want to single her out and give her the spotlight.

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