Class in Defeat

Although you wouldn't know it from the ignorant boos of his supporters McCain was actually very gracious in defeat. His concession speech reminded me of the McCain I once admired, not the mishandled candidate he became. Too bad that his supporters at the rally had no class - because they will (most) still benefit from an Obama administration. When we say "no one" will be left behind we mean it.

Update | 11:35 p.m. Our colleague Jeff Zeleny, who is in Grant Park with Mr. Obama, says that Mr. McCain called Mr. Obama at 10 pm Chicago time. In the call, Mr. Obama said he was eager to sit down and talk about how the two of them could work together to move this country forward.

“I need your help, you’re a leader on so many important issues,” Mr. Obama told his rival, according to an Obama adviser, Robert Gibbs. via NYT LiveBlog