It worked out to be about $1 million for each hour he spent in Democrat Barack Obama's hometown.
Like every Republican presidential nominee since 1984, McCain appears to regard campaigning in heavily Democratic Illinois a waste of time.
This time it was different as McCain took away an astounding $5 million.
Several dozen of the biggest contributors who had dinner with him told CBS 2 McCain's elated by new voter opinion surveys showing that, for the first time, he's ahead of Obama.
Illinois Republicans at Monday night's fundraiser were more energized than ever about this presidential contest.
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