Kammala wannan magana: McCain ya mayar da hankalinsa ga babban zaben Nuwamba, yayin da Democratic primaries ya ci gaba da zama yaƙi tsakanin Clinton da Obama. McCain ya fuskanci kalubalen kasancewa a cikin labarai yayin da 'yan Democrat suka tattara kanun labarai tare da gwagwarmayar neman zaben su, wanda bai nuna alamun kawo karshen kafin zaben ba.
Taron kasa na jam'iyyar Democrat a karshen watan Agusta. Koyaya, samun nadin da aka kulle da wuri ya kuma ba McCain lokaci don gina ƙungiyar ƙasa da aiwatar da dabarun zaɓensa na gaba ɗaya a cikin watanni shida kafin Babban Taron Republican. McCain ya shirya tattara kuɗi da ziyartar wurare da yawa a cikin Amurka kafin ya fara yawon shakatawa na Turai da Gabas ta Tsakiya a matsayin wani ɓangare na tawagar majalisa. McCain bai nuna nan da nan lokacin da zai zabi mataimakin shugaban kasa ba. Tun kafin nasararsa ta farko a ranar 4 ga Maris, McCain ya nuna cewa zai yi kamfen "a ko'ina" a cikin babban zaben - gami da jihohin gargajiya na Democrat kamar California, New Jersey da Connecticut. Wani binciken Wall Street Journal / NBC News da aka fitar a ranar 12 ga Maris ya nuna McCain a cikin daidaituwa tare da Obama da Clinton a cikin wasannin Nuwamba. A kokarin da ya yi na yin amfani da kudaden da ya samu a kan 'yan takarar Democrat, yaƙin neman zaɓe ya haɗu da albarkatunsa tare da Kwamitin Kasa na Republican, kuma ya nada tsohon Shugaba na Hewlett-Packard Carly Fiorina shugaban kwamitin "Victory 2008" wanda ke da alhakin tattara kuɗi da kuma fita daga kokarin zabe. Kungiyar ta kuma sanar da cewa za ta yi amfani da tsarin kungiyar da ba na al'ada ba, ta zabi samun daraktocin yakin neman zabe na yanki da dama maimakon ma'aikata guda daya.