Senator McCain:

In watching Senator Obama's acceptance speech last night, I noticed that an American ideal was completely absent from his description of America’s promise. Given the thrust of his remarks, I believe that his omission was probably intentional. It was certainly significant.

In any discussion of America’s promise, I find it disingenuous to ignore an ideal that was the thesis of the Declaration of Independence, that was secured by the Constitution, and that was the purpose of the Bill of Rights. It is inconceivable to seek leadership over our future while neglecting an ideal that was the life’s mission of the leaders of our past, from Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, to Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, to John Kennedy and Ronald Reagan. And, it is abhorrent to dismiss an ideal that, to the generations of Americans who have defended this country, was more precious than life itself.

That ideal is freedom.

Knowing the reverence in which you hold it, I trust that you will not allow Senator Obama’s omission to go unnoticed. And, if you become president, I trust that you will not let that promise to go unfulfilled.

Thank you for your time and consideration.