After almost two years of campaigning, John McCain's quest for the White House came to end at the fabled Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix.

John McCain's Campaign Farewell

The GOP nominee concedes defeat at a somber gathering at the Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona

Photographs for TIME by Christopher Morris / VII and Danny Wilcox Frazier / Redux

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