McGovern: 'Come Home America'

Former South Dakota Senator George McGovern, the liberal crusader who won the Democratic Party's presidential nomination in 1972, passed away Sunday morning at age 90. In this clip from his 1972 DNC acceptance speech, McGovern said 'it is the time for this land to become again a witness to the world for what is just and noble in human affairs.'

Updated Apr. 21, 2017 3:17PM ET / Published Oct. 21, 2012 10:01AM ET

Former South Dakota Senator George McGovern, the liberal crusader who won the Democratic Party's presidential nomination in 1972, passed away Sunday morning at age 90. In this clip from his 1972 DNC acceptance speech, McGovern said 'it is the time for this land to become again a witness to the world for what is just and noble in human affairs.'