McCain in West Virginia

John McCain's latest West Virginia appearance, his third this year, was both like the previous visit (brief) and the first (closed to the public and with limited media access).

The presumptive Republican presidential nominee spent about 23 minutes at the practice field for Marshall University's football program. He watched the drills, and chatted with coaches and the occasional player out of earshot from the press entourage. He also gave the entire team a seven-minute pep talk that drew both from his ordeal as a POW in Vietnam and Marshall's devastating 1970 plane crash.

The Associated Press has coverage, as does the Herald-Dispatch of Huntington, MetroNews (with audio and sidebars featuring players and Obama supporters), WSAZ-TV (with video) and WCHS-TV. Several of these also offer photos from the visit.