Obama picks former Va. governor to deliver convention keynote speech

Thursday, August 14, 2008

HONOLULU -- Barack Obama chose Mark Warner, Virginia's Senate candidate and former governor, to deliver the keynote address at the Democratic convention, underscoring Democrats' all-out effort to win the Southern state for the first time since 1964.

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