McCain is being very gracious.

[Omnibus]

Good for him.

[Marrah_G]

1. I have to give him that.

[MeDeMax]

2. yes he is - n/t

[LSK]

3. he has a lot of making up for being the total ass he has been in the past few months

[liberal renegade]

4. I take back everything i said, john.

[ellie]

Yes, he is.

[Inspired]

5. Yes he is.

[RoyGBiv]

6. It's gonna take more than a speech ...

The hatred he stirred up was reflected in that "boo." He ignored it. He should have condemned it.

[silverojo]

13. He did, much as Al Gore did when his people booed in 2000

McCain kept holding up his hand--a silent request for them to STFU with the booing.

Even if it is only words, I think this is the best speech McCain has given. If he'd been this way all along, he might have been the winner.

[RoyGBiv]

22. Oh, it's a good speech ...

But, it's hollow. He can't go from putting his stamp on the vile, racist crap vomited from his campaign for the last month with one speech.

And it's not the booing. That I expected. It's what it, in this specific case, represents.

But I won't argue the point today any more than that. I'm too freakin' pumped up and thankful. :)

[lildreamer316]

7. Yes, he is. n/t

[JohnnyLib2]

Impressive.

[TheDonkey]

8. FUCK YOU MCCAIN

[Lifelong Protester]

9. he is getting better as he goes along

maybe free of his handlers, he is being "real".... like his remarks about Obama's grandmother

[nomorewhopper]

10. indeed he is

although he has no choice

[DCBob]

Kudos to McLoser

[annabanana]

11. He is being very gracious.... He has been drawing applause for Barack

from his crowd.

[gatorboy]

12. I think he just told off the bigots earlier.

Probably happy to be done with the lot. Even though he didn't seem to mind their support earlier.

[tinrobot]

14. Good speech. I applaud him.

[CatholicEdHead]

15. Yes he is

He is being respectful now that the RNC is not controlling his every move.

[screembloodymurder]

16. Too bad he didn't run his campaign that way.

I really think it came down to a choice between fear and ... hope.

[WeDidIt]

17. If McCain had been like this during the election

HE might have won.

[buzzard]

18. Yes he is as much as I didn't want him he is being gracious.n/t

[debbierlus]

19. Thank you Senator McCain -

[berni_mccoy]

20. Yes, Thank You Senator McCain. This moment will not be forgotten. This is how you should be

remembered.

[Lemonwurst]

21. Political Survival First - not country

He'll be running from the Repubs (again) every chance he gets from here on out. They made him become one of theirs with the carrot-on-a-stick opportunity he always desired - and would do ANYTHING to get.

Now that's it's over, watch how quick he snaps back to his old (sometimes favorable) self. He was always misaligned with the miscreants in his party - but you sleep with dogs, you'll probably get fleas.