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August 28, 2008

McCain Congratulates Obama in New Ad

@ 4:39 pm by Walter Alarkon

John McCain congratulates Barack Obama in a new campaign ad that will air Thursday, the same day as Obama's nomination acceptance speech.

Read the script and watch the ad below.

JOHN MCCAIN: Senator Obama, this is truly a good day for America.

Too often the achievements of our opponents go unnoticed. So I wanted to stop and say, congratulations.

How perfect that your nomination would come on this historic day. Tomorrow, we'll be back at it. But tonight Senator, job well done.

I'm John McCain and I approved this message.

4 Comments »

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  1. I suppose after the convention, McCain and Barack will be skipping over to K-Mart to pick out curtains.

    Comment by KJ — August 28, 2008 @ 5:27 pm

  2. Okay, now Obama should do the same thing at the RNC. We'll be one big happy family. Then the two of them can go back to ripping each others' political throats out.

    Comment by Mark Jones — August 28, 2008 @ 5:59 pm

  3. Actually, I think that ad shows a lot of class.

    Comment by John Galt — August 29, 2008 @ 7:19 pm

  4. That showed a huge amount of class. In retrospect, one has to wonder if McCain already made the choice regarding Sarah Palin. If he had, I do not know how he could do that ad with a straight face knowing full well he would steal Obama's thunder so very well within 24 hours. I just have to hand it to Senator McCain, He's a few steps ahead of Obama in this chess game and playing like a seasoned professional. Vote McCain/Palin in November!

    Comment by Steve Fisher — August 30, 2008 @ 3:47 pm

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