Article: Republican Doesn't Plan Long Speech

Mark Salter, the top aide and longtime speechwriter for John McCain, has written a "working draft" of the senator's address to the Republican National Convention and is circulating the draft to a very limited number of his aides, sources inside the campaign said.

The speech as written runs roughly 21 minutes, but it could end up being even shorter, because McCain is not a fan of lengthy speeches, aides to the candidate said.

Plans call for the speech to be circulated among McCain's top advisers over the next several days, with a final draft delivered by Salter to McCain by Aug. 18.

Aides would not disclose ...

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