I had twenty topics ready for blog posts today, but I'm just not into it: maybe later.
No retreat - get out and vote. And bring a friend. Every vote counts - if even just a as show of support. If McCain wins this - and I'm optimistic - the popular vote totals will be just as important to grant him legitimacy over and above an Electoral College win. Vote. Every bit of support counts.
Chamberlain got a Congressional Medal of Honor for that days action IIRC.
I think that if Obama loses, no force of his will receive a "Chamberlain's Salute."