McCain: Changes Will be Made to GOP Convention Program

John McCain said Sunday dramatic changes will be made to the the Republican National Convention in response to Hurricane Gustav, which churns towards the Gulf Coast with potentially deadly force. McCain was in Mississippi with his wife, Cindy, and running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, to tour the emergency management center in Pearl, Miss., which could be the hardest hit area in the storm’s path. “We must redirect our efforts from the really celebratory event of the nomination of president and vice president of our party to acting as all Americans,” McCain told reporters. He and Palin received a closed-door briefing by officials with the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. “We’ll change our program and I’ll be announcing details of it in the next few hours. But there’s very little doubt that we have to go from a party event to a call to the nation for action, action to help our fellow citizens in this time of tragedy and disaster, action in the ... (link)