Ohio ? Sen. Barack Obama said Monday that he doesn’t think it’s a big deal that he borrowed lines from his friend Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, although he probably should have given him credit.

Patrick said during his gubernatorial campaign a year and a half ago that words matter, like “I have a dream” and “all men are created equal.”

Obama used the same lines Saturday night in Wisconsin. Obama said that Patrick suggested he use the lines to respond to Hillary Rodham Clinton’s suggestion that Obama is more of a talker than a doer.

Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson accused Obama of plagiarizing Patrick, and that’s particularly troubling since Obama’s appeal is based in large part on his rhetorical skills.

“It raises questions about the premise of his candidacy,” Wolfson told reporters in a conference call.

Obama, D-Ill., says that’s going too far.

“Now hold on a second. Let’s see – I’ve written two books, wrote most of my speeches,” Obama told reporters at a news conference after touring a titanium plant.