McCain plans major speech tonight

Not willing to cede the spotlight entirely to Barack Obama, who hopes to declare himself the Democratic nominee tonight, Republican John McCain plans a big prime-time speech of his own tonight.

The presumptive GOP nominee plans to speak at 9 p.m. in Kenner, La., with Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, one of those thought to be on McCain's consider list for a running mate.

McCain senior adviser Steve Schmidt likely gave something of a preview of the hard-hitting address, calling him not tough enough to stand up for taxpayers on the farm bill, naive enough to pursue a dangerous policy in the Middle East, and arrogant enough to believe that he could "charm his way" into getting Iran to change its policies.

McCain, Schmidt said on MSNBC, has the record to back up his call for change in Washington, not just rhetoric like Obama.