national convention in denver in 2008. >> no one can question barack obama's patriotism. like all of us, he was taught what it means to be an american by his family, his grandmother who worked on a bomber assembly line in world war ii, his grandfather who marched in patton's army, and his great uncle who enlisted in the army right out of high school at the height of the war. >> there's a point where john kerry mentions that barack obama's uncle, who is a veteran of world war ii, is present in the convention hall, and he requests that his uncle stand up and be acknowledged by the crowd. >> please join me in saluting this american hero, charlie payne. >> this elderly white man stands up, you know, this man who would not be out of place at any vfw hall in the country. and i happened to be with a