WASILLA, Alaska -- With all the controversies swirling around the meteoric rise of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, there has been one constant by her side: her unassuming husband.

As Gov. Palin told the world when Arizona Sen. John McCain introduced her as his running mate Friday, she and her husband were celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary that day. "I had promised Todd a little surprise for the anniversary present, and hopefully he knows that I did deliver," the beaming governor said as her husband stood by smiling.

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