The AP intermittently asks the candidates personal/non-political questions and releases the answers. The latest: Name your most prized possession. It looks like Fred Thompson had some fun with this question…..

Former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson: “Trophy wife.”

For the rest:

Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards (laughing): “I hate these questions because they always require more thought than I have time to give them. Prized like long-term or short-term? My running shoes are very important to me.”

Illinois Sen. Barack Obama: “Photograph in my office of the cliffs of Oahu’s South Shore, where my mother’s ashes are scattered.”

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson: “Baseball signed by Ted Williams.”

New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton: No answer

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani: “My grandfather’s pocket watch.”

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee: “Probably my Tobias bass guitar or maybe, I’ve got a handmade musket rifle that was made by a guy in Eureka Springs, Ark. I’ve hunted turkey with it. It’s really an amazing firearm. Probably one of those two as far as just real heirlooms.”

Arizona Sen. John McCain: “I have a baseball signed by Ted Williams, my childhood hero, a Marine pilot as well.”

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney: 1962 Rambler American, which his sons bought for him. “The last year that my dad was president of American Motors and made Ramblers was 1962, so it’s a connection with my dad and that era.”