The convention also heard from three of McCain’s former rivals for the Republican nomination: former Massachussets governor Mitt Romney, former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani, and former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee.

Rudolph Giuliani: “On the other hand, you have a resume from a gifted man with an Ivy League education. He worked as a community organizer — what? — he worked — I said he worked as a community organizer. He immersed himself in Chicago machine politics. Then he ran for the state legislature, where nearly 130 times he was unable to make a decision, yes or no.”