Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., smiles during applause from supporters during a campaign event in Kenner, La., Tuesday, June 3, 2008. Barack Obama's clinching of the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday sets up a five-month campaign against McCain, a race between a 46-year-old opponent of the Iraq War and a 71-year-old former Vietnam prisoner of war and staunch supporter of the current U.S. military mission. (AP Photo/LM Otero) Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks during a primary election night rally in St Paul, Minn., Tuesday, June 3, 2008. Obama claimed the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday night in a long-time-coming victory speech that minced no words about his opponent in the fall campaign, Republican John McCain. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
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McCain and Obama campaigns grapple for 'change'

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ST. PAUL, Minn. - Invigorated by back-to-back political conventions, Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama grappled for the mantle of change Friday as the fall race for the presidency took off in states teeming with the independent voters they needed to win.

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