McCain Ad Congratulates Obama

DAYTON, Ohio — While my TWI colleagues are preparing for Obama’s speech at Invesco, I’m here anxiously awaiting Sen. John McCain’s veep announcement, slated for tomorrow. Free tickets for the 12,000-seater still available!

Also, the mysterious ad announced earlier in the day by the McCain campaign is, in fact, a congratulatory message recognizing Sen. Barack Obama’s historic achievement.

John McCain – \"Convention Night\"

Per the campaign, the ad will air on national cable tonight and in key states. Here’s the script:

Senator Obama, this is truly a good day for America.

Too often the achievements of our opponents go unnoticed. So I wanted to stop and say, congratulations.

How perfect that your nomination would come on this historic day. Tomorrow, we’ll be back at it. But tonight Senator, job well done.

I’m John McCain and I approved this message.

So no veep yet — though McCain reportedly responded, “Wilford Brimley,” when a reporter called out a question asking who his running mate will be, as McCain made his way into his hotel here. No word yet from Mr. Brimley confirming or refuting this breaking revelation.