Remarks as prepared for delivery to the Republican National Convention on Tuesday by Wes Gullett:

Good evening. I'm Wes Gullett and this is my daughter Nikki. We're here together because of a compassionate, remarkable woman, Cindy McCain.

And we'd like to say hello to Cindy and her daughter Bridget, and tell you our story.

For more than 20 years I have heard my friend John McCain say "Serve a cause greater than your self-interest!!"

Those words inspire me and I know that they're inspiring Americans all across our country.

John McCain knows about service.

His entire life has been about service to our country and America is a better place because of it.

But, our story starts in a far away land: Bangladesh.

This is a story about Cindy McCain, and two baby girls she rescued and brought home to me and to John McCain.

Cindy spends much of her time working throughout the world in places most of us only see on the news.

She works with the poor, bringing them medical care, food and hope.

She has done this for years and still does it today.

On one of these trips she found two infant girls in desperate need. Actually, Cindy says they found her.

The babies were in an orphanage run by Mother Teresa.

One baby had a cleft pallet so severe that she most certainly would not have survived.

The other baby was dangerously malnourished and barely hanging on to life.

These babies faced short lives, without hope.

So Cindy decided that she would bring them home, give them hope and save their lives.

I remember the day we first saw the girls -- wrapped in orphan's swaddling cloth and t-shirts -- bought on the first airport stop in Bangkok -- so big they were like blankets on their tiny bodies.

Cindy had just flown more than half way around the world with an infant in each arm. She was exhausted, totally spent, but she had brought home our future daughter and, to us, she looked like an angel.

I remember John's face when he first met his daughter, Bridget.

That day he was not the tough war hero Senator.

He was like every other new father, full of love and emotion.

That day my friend John McCain and his wife answered a call for help with love. I know they will always answer the call of those in need -- because they have done so time and again, throughout their lives.

Cindy McCain saved those little babies 17 years ago and those girls have grown into beautiful young women.

Let me close by reading some of Nikki's own words from an award-winning essay she wrote a couple of years ago:

"I was born in Bangladesh a malnourished, abandoned girl child... But I was a lucky one, adopted by parents in America and naturalized as a U.S. citizen... I am so glad I am an American girl."

Nikki, we're proud youre our American girl.

And we're proud of Cindy McCain who brought you and Bridget home to this great country.

I think America will be an even better place with Cindy, and her husband, John, in the White House.