John McCain's Tumultuous Convention Week

John McCain Sarah Palin

Way Outside the Beltway
McCain surprised the political establishment and his own party by choosing Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. At the announcement in Dayton, Ohio, McCain and Palin were joined by members of her family, including her daughter Piper, above.

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