McCain clinches Republican nomination
Eight years after his first bid for the White House ended in a painful defeat, and nine months after his second appeared to have sputtered to an embarrassing end, John McCain capped a spectacular political comeback yesterday with a four-state primary sweep that clinched the Republican presidential nomination.
Victories in Texas, Ohio, Rhode Island and Vermont put the Arizona senator over the top in delegates needed to win the nomination. His one remaining significant opponent, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, dropped out and said he would do whatever he could to help McCain.
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