Andrea Mitchell kind of got lost there. All those balloons and a barnburner acceptance speech by the Senator John McCain at the 2008 Republican Convention (September 4, 2008) was the climax of a great Republican Convention.

QUOTES FROM JOHN McCAIN:

"I like a good fight..........I fight for YOU."

"I don't work for a party. I don't work for a special interest. I don't work for myself. I work for you. "

"I'd rather lose an election, than see America lose a war."

"My country saved me. My country saved me, and I cannot forget it. And I will fight for her for as long as I draw breath, so help me God."

"I will reach out my hand to anyone to help me get this country moving again. I have that record and the scars to prove it. Senator Obama does not."

"We're going to finally start getting things done for the people who are counting on us, and I won't care who gets the credit."

"But let there be no doubt, my friends, we're going to win this election."

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