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After skipping last year's NAACP convention along with every Republican candidate except Mike Huckabee, Sen. John McCain spoke Wednesday at this year's annual gathering and began by apologizing for his absence last year.
McCain then went on to praise his Democratic rival for president, Sen. Barack Obama.
"Don't tell him I said this, but he is an impressive fellow in many ways. He has inspired a great many Americans, some of whom had wrongly believed that a political campaign could hold no purpose or meaning for them," McCain said in Cincinnati, Ohio.
"His success should make Americans, all Americans, proud. Of course, I would prefer his success not continue quite as long as he hopes. .Whatever the outcome in November, Sen. Obama has achieved a great thing -- for himself and for his country -- and I thank him for it."
McCain's speech was well-received by the pro-Obama crowd. The Arizona senator's words were met laughter and applause.
He expressed having "fundamental differences" with Obama with relation to the economy, and "honest differences" about the growth of government, but refrained from criticizing his rival before the largely pro-Obama audience. The senator from Arizona told those at the convention that he seeks their vote and hopes to earn it, but even without their support, he needs their "goodwill and counsel."
At the conclusion of his address, McCain received a standing ovation and held a question-and-answer session with the audience.
McCain's relationship with the black community has not been smooth. He initially voted against the Martin Luther King holiday and he was booed in Memphis last spring when he tried to apologize. But he was the first Republican candidate to visit the site of the famous civil rights march in Selma, Alabama.
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