John McCain campaigned for presidency in the 56th quadrennial election.
He was the Republican nominee for the 2008 U.S. presidential election .	Republican	Republican Party (United States)	nominee	presidential nominee	2008 U.S. presidential election	United States presidential election, 2008
The United States presidential election of 2008 was the 56th quadrennial presidential election .	presidential election	United States presidential election
A candidate for president of the United States who has been selected by the delegates of a political party at the party 's national convention -LRB- also called a presidential nominating convention -RRB- to be that party 's official candidate for the presidency .	president of the United States	president of the United States	delegates	delegates	political party	political party	national convention	Presidential nominating convention
