“Let me close by talking briefly about my respect and gratitude for the contributions of Hispanic-Americans to the culture, economy and security of the country I have served all my adult life. I represent Arizona where Spanish was spoken before English was, and where the character and prosperity of our state owes a great deal to the many Arizonans of Hispanic descent who live there,” McCain said.
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/07/mccain_obama_co.html
Maybe the indigenous Indians peoples will take offense since they were their before the Mexicans.