McCain knew Obama was selected well before the "(s)election" as well...
"John McCain on Friday moved to calm rising anger among his supporters at rival Barack Obama, describing him as a "decent person and a person that you do not have to be scared of as president of the United States.""
And; McCain said. "He's a decent family man, a citizen who I just happen to have serious differences with on fundamental questions."
Among others... You can search these quotes and others to read many more articles to the effect.
The whole election cycle, including vote counting is a fraud costing well over 1 Billion dollars...