McCain just can't give a damn speech. The little double fist-pump he did at the end was absolutely Nixonian. Commentary:

By the end of the night, the Republicans seemed like they’d come full circle: down with Obama, up with Palin, then down again with McCain. Or, in the vocabulary of conventions: Palin stepped on Obama’s bounce, then McCain stepped on Palin’s.

Also:

You can’t help but admire the way John McCain refuses to exploit his wartime service for political gain.