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9:00 p.m. Heartland Time

John McCain clinched the GOP nomination tonight. In 2000, I thought John McCain and Bill Bradley would have offered the best possible choice. John McCain has forged a comeback that is rare and delayed, and, I pray, not too late.

John McCain will be the rarest of recent presidential candidates in a general election. He is conservative but he is independent. He is not conservative enough for many and way too conservative for many. He is generally considered moderate at a time when the number of Americans who are characterized as moderates or independent is ever growing. Given the unpopularity of the war and President Bush, as well as McCain’s age, Obama’s relative youth and perceived charisma are all daunting challenges to McCain in the fall.

He's the New Ike.

God bless this decent man and our great country.