Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., smiles during applause from supporters during a campaign event in Kenner, La., Tuesday, June 3, 2008. Barack Obama's clinching of the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday sets up a five-month campaign against McCain, a race between a 46-year-old opponent of the Iraq War and a 71-year-old former Vietnam prisoner of war and staunch supporter of the current U.S. military mission. (AP Photo/LM Otero) Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks during a primary election night rally in St Paul, Minn., Tuesday, June 3, 2008. Obama claimed the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday night in a long-time-coming victory speech that minced no words about his opponent in the fall campaign, Republican John McCain. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
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McCain, Obama pitted in 8-week contest of 'change'

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ST. PAUL, Minn. - Republican presidential nominee John McCain, buoyed by a unifying GOP convention and the spark of running mate Sarah Palin, plunged into a competitive, eight-week struggle with Democrat Barack Obama over which party can best bring change to Washington.

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