奥巴马大幅领先麦凯恩后，麦凯恩发表演讲，承认在美国总统大选中落败。他还表示已经通过电话祝贺奥巴马赢得美国大选，他呼吁美国人团结在他们新领导人的周围。

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Complete Text of Sen. John McCain's concession speech: The End Of A Long Journey

MCCAIN: Thank you. Thank you, my friends. Thank you for coming here on this beautiful Arizona evening.

(APPLAUSE)

My friends, we have -- we have come to the end of a long journey. The American people have spoken, and they have spoken clearly.

A little while ago, I had the honor of calling Senator Barack Obama to congratulate him. (BOOING)

Please. To congratulate him on being elected the next president of the country that we both love.

In a contest as long and difficult as this campaign has been, his success alone commands my respect for his ability and perseverance. But that he managed to do so by inspiring the hopes of so many millions of Americans who had once wrongly believed that they had little at stake or little influence in the election of an American president is something I deeply admire and commend him for achieving.