John McCain

thank you __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__ florida republican __PUNCT__ for bring a former florida resid across the finish line first in __PUNCT__ as i have been repeatedli remind late __PUNCT__ an all republican_primari __PUNCT__

i have alwai love thi beauti state __PUNCT__ from the time i wa a young naval aviat learn my trade in pensacola to the time i command the largest air squadron in the unit_state navi at cecil field __PUNCT__

most of all __PUNCT__ i have alwai been indebt to florida friend and neighbor in orang park for take such good care of my famili while i wa awai on a longer than expect tour of duti __PUNCT__

florida ha alwai been a special place to me __PUNCT__ and it is all the more so tonight __PUNCT__

our victori might not have reach landslid proport __PUNCT__ but it is sweet nonetheless __PUNCT__

and i am deepli grate to everyon who work so hard to make it happen __PUNCT__

time will onli allow me to thank a few of our florida support by name __PUNCT__ but to everyon who __PUNCT__ in good_time and bad __PUNCT__ devot so much time __PUNCT__ energi and hope to keep our candidaci competit __PUNCT__ thank you from the bottom of my heart __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__ of cours __PUNCT__ to the great governor of florida __PUNCT__ charli crist __PUNCT__ to my dear friend __PUNCT__ senat mel martinez __PUNCT__ to congresswoman ileana ro __PUNCT__ lehtinen __PUNCT__ congressmen lincoln and mario diaz __PUNCT__ balart __PUNCT__ repres marcelo llorent __PUNCT__ commission mildr fernandez __PUNCT__ repres adam hasner __PUNCT__ senat durel peaden __PUNCT__ repres bogdanoff and council presid durel davi __PUNCT__

and thank you so much to our tremend statewid volunt leadership who stuck with us for eighteen long __PUNCT__ veri long month __PUNCT__

and as alwai __PUNCT__ i want to thank my famili for their extraordinari support and encourag __PUNCT__ my wife cindi __PUNCT__ daughter meghan and son __PUNCT__ doug __PUNCT__ who ar here __PUNCT__ and my children who ar not here __PUNCT__

it is obviou to me __PUNCT__ as it should be to everyon __PUNCT__ that i could not have done thi without you __PUNCT__

thi wa a hard fought elect __PUNCT__ and worth fight hard for __PUNCT__ but i been on the other side of such contest befor __PUNCT__ and experienc the disappoint __PUNCT__

i offer my best wish to governor romnei and hi support __PUNCT__

you fought hard for your candid __PUNCT__ and the margin that separ us tonight sure isn't big enough for me to brag about or for you to despair __PUNCT__

governor huckabe and hi support __PUNCT__ as alwai __PUNCT__ brought to thi campaign convict and passion and someth we don't alwai have enough of in these contest __PUNCT__ good humor and grace __PUNCT__

and i want to thank __PUNCT__ my dear friend __PUNCT__ rudi_giuliani __PUNCT__ who invest hi heart and soul in thi primari __PUNCT__ and who conduct himself with all the qualiti of the except american_leader he truli is __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__ for all you have ad to thi race __PUNCT__ and for be an inspir to me and million of american __PUNCT__

my friend __PUNCT__ in on week we will have as close to a nation primari as we have ever had in thi countri __PUNCT__

i intend to win it __PUNCT__ and be the nomine of our parti __PUNCT__

and i intend to do that by make it clear what i stand for __PUNCT__

i stand for the principl and polici that first attract me to the republican_parti when i heard __PUNCT__ in whisper convers and tap code __PUNCT__ about the then governor of california __PUNCT__ who stood by me and my comrad __PUNCT__ and who wa make quit a reput for stand by hi convict no matter the chang wind of polit_thought and popular_cultur __PUNCT__

when i left the navi and enter public_life __PUNCT__ i enlist as a foot_soldier in the polit_revolut he began __PUNCT__

and i am as proud to be a reagan conserv todai __PUNCT__ as i wa then __PUNCT__

i trust in the courag __PUNCT__ good_sens __PUNCT__ resourc and decenc of the american_peopl __PUNCT__ who deserv a govern that trust in their qualiti as well __PUNCT__ and doesn't abrog to it elf the respons to do for the peopl what the peopl can and want to do for themselv __PUNCT__

we republican have alwai known that the first respons of govern is to keep thi countri safe from all enemi foreign and domest __PUNCT__ and the american peopl unburden by the heavi hand of govern that spend too much of their monei on thing thei neither want nor need __PUNCT__ while fail to do as well as we should the thing none of us can do individu __PUNCT__

govern must defend our nation_secur wise and effect __PUNCT__ becaus the cost of our defens is so dear to us __PUNCT__ measur in loss so hard to bear __PUNCT__ and in the heartbreak of so mani famili __PUNCT__

govern must respect our valu becaus thei ar the true sourc of our strength __PUNCT__ and enforc the rule __PUNCT__ which distinguish success democraci from fail societi __PUNCT__ and is the first defens of freedom __PUNCT__

and the judg we appoint to feder bench must understand that is their onli respons __PUNCT__ and leav to elect_offici their respons to make the law that thei enforc __PUNCT__

we believ govern should do onli those thing we cannot do individu __PUNCT__ to tax us no more than necessari __PUNCT__ and spend no more than necessari __PUNCT__ and then get out of the wai of the most industri __PUNCT__ ingeni and optimist peopl in the histori of the world so that thei can build an even greater countri than the on thei inherit __PUNCT__

my friend __PUNCT__ as i said the other week in south_carolina __PUNCT__ there is noth in our countri that is inevit __PUNCT__

we can overcom ani challeng as long as we keep our courag __PUNCT__ and stand by the principl that have made our parti and our countri great __PUNCT__

our parti ha alwai been success when we have __PUNCT__ like ronald_reagan __PUNCT__ stood fast by our convict __PUNCT__

and we have onli suffer when our allegi to our principl ha not been as steadfast as it should __PUNCT__

i intend to make my stand on those principl __PUNCT__ and i am confid we will succe in thi contest and in the bigger on in __DATE__ against anyon the democrat_parti nomin __PUNCT__

most importantli __PUNCT__ i promis you again __PUNCT__ i will alwai put america __PUNCT__ her strength __PUNCT__ her ideal __PUNCT__ her futur __PUNCT__ befor everi other consider __PUNCT__

tonight __PUNCT__ my friend __PUNCT__ we celebr __PUNCT__

tomorrow it back to work __PUNCT__

we have a wai to go __PUNCT__ but we ar get close __PUNCT__ and for that you all have my profound thank __PUNCT__

goodnight and god_bless you __PUNCT__