The XX Factor: What women really think.

Classy Concession

John McCain went beyond where he had to go with the speech he just gave, pretty much all but begging his supporters to please forget everything his campaign has been suggesting about Barack Obama and instead hear this: "I urge all Americans who supported me to join me in not just congratulating him but in offering our next president our goodwill and earnest effort to find ways to come together. ... Whatever our differences, we are fellow Americans, and please believe me when I say no association has ever meant more to me than that.'' I do believe him. And not only am I proud of President-Elect Obama, but it's good to have John McCain back as well. At the end, when he complained that his campaign "at times seemed to be the most challenged campaign in modern times,'' he seemed more comfortable than he had in months.