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Defiant in Defiance?

• Matthew Price
• 30 Oct 08, 01:49 PM GMT

Defiance, Ohio: This is a town John McCain picked - we are told - because of its name.

It is bitterly cold, but bright and beautifully sunny. John McCain looks relaxed.

This is his final push here, and we'll follow him today across northern Ohio.

I asked people here to describe John McCain to me.

According to them he is a patriot, a man who fights for his country, a man who has his country's best interests at heart, a man who will change Washington.

One senior citizen told me he had not even heard of Barack Obama until a few months ago. How could he vote for him, he asked?

The crowd is excited as Mr McCain steps up. But do they represent the majority of US voters?