Obama has quickly incorporated the McCain win into his stump speech -- describing Hillary as a Democratic version of the GOP moderate in a speech in Denver that sounds like the argument he'll be taking through Tuesday.
Strong, but -- not exactly unifying new politics:
"It is time for new leadership that understands the way to win a debate with John McCain or any Republican who is nominated is not by nominating someone who agreed with him on voting for the war in Iraq or who agreed with him in voting to give George Bush the benefit of the doubt on Iran, who agrees with him in embracing the Bush-Cheney policy of not talking to leaders we don't like, who actually differed with him by arguing for exceptions for torture before changing positions when the politics of the moment changed."
And, an electability pitch:
"Democrats will win in November and build a majority in Congress not by nominating a candidate who will unite the other party against us, but by choosing one who can unite this country around a movement for change."
UPDATE: What's fascinating is that Obama's attack on Hillary is the mirror image of conservatives' attack on McCain:
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I believe Republicans should be more upset by Obama's comparison than Democrats. McCain is a male Hillary--just as liberal and just as two-faced and willing to lie or whatever to get what he wants (as he just showed in the current campaign in his total lies about Romney's stand on exiting the war).