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John McCain concedes to Obama
by Jason George
PHOENIX - Sen. John McCain ended his campaign tonight, conceding to Sen. Barack Obama by telephone and delivering 12 minutes of reflective, conciliatory and humble remarks to his supporters gathered here.
“Senator Obama and I have and have argued our differences and he has prevailed,” McCain said. “I urge all Americans who supported me to join me in not just congratulating him but offering our next president not just good will.”
“Whatever our differences we are fellow American and please believe me when I say no association has ever meant more to me than that,” he added.
“It is natural tonight to feel some disappointment but tomorrow we must move beyond it and work together to get our country moving again.”
To many in the crowd that “disappointment” was too much, and several could be heard breaking out into “Boos!” twice, belting shouts of “No way!” and several phrases unmentionable in a family blog.
McCain even once had to calm them.
“Please, please,” he said.
To be fair, many in the half-capacity crowd on the lawn at the Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa broke into applause when McCain stated that electing an African American reflects favorably on our nation.
McCain said while there were surely mistakes in his campaign, they were all his. And “I won’t spend a minute of my future” worrying about them.
McCain also thanked his running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin. She did not speak.
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