Not only do we have a chance, we're going to do well, and it's awfully helpful to have John by my side. Accompanying Bush on a three-day campaign swing, McCain said he was proud of Bush and promised to do more to help, either at Bush's side or separately. So I will do whatever the Bush campaign determines I can do most effectively. That included a Thursday night fund-raiser in Stockton, California, for the state Republican Party. McCain rallied independents and crossover Democrats to his losing cause during the presidential primaries but said he can't tell them what to do now.
Independents are independents because they're independent.
He said they should find Bush's message of inclusion and diversity attractive. The former rivals spent much of their first campaign day together riding a 13-car chartered train for nearly four hours, between rallies in Salinas and Lodi, California, with a quick stop between in Pleasanton. He hailed Bush as the Republican who can carry California. While the two clashed in the primaries, Bush said that's all over and they are moving on together as allies, as they were before becoming rivals. I campaigned for John McCain.