303K views · 11K reactions | When John McCain conceded the 2008 presidential race, he praised Barack Obama for making history as the country's first African American president and offered "goodwill and earnest effort to find ways to come together". Watch the late senator's full speech: | POLITICO | Facebook

THE FINAL SPRINT – 10/20/2008: Charles Gibson reports on “World News” with 15 days to the presidential election between Barack Obama and John McCain – with early voting under way in 31 states, Obama leading in the polls and the candidates in battleground states. | ABC World News Tonight with David Muir

8 years ago today, Hillary Clinton ended her bid for the 2008 Democratic nomination and endorsed Barack Obama. She has now gained enough delegates to clinch the 2016 Democratic nomination, becoming the first female candidate to clinch the nomination of a major political party. Take a look back at her remarks from that day, when she told her supporters, "This is now our time." http://abcn.ws/1tf8M0r | ABC News Politics

🗳️ It’s Election Day in America today which reminds us of another one in the not so distant past: November 4, 2008, when the band was on tour in support of Accelerate. That night the guys were playing an encore in Santiago, Chile when Bertis Downs came on stage with his laptop to share the news that Barack Obama’s victory as the next President of the United States was imminent and indisputable. The band then charged into a rousing version of “I Believe” to celebrate the news. 🗳️ If there’s an