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McCain Asks His Backers to Get Behind Obama

 
PHOENIX, Nov. 4 -- Standing under a cool desert sky before his subdued and somewhat angry supporters, John McCain called on them to embrace Barack Obama's election as a sign of how much America has progressed over the past century. (link)

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