By NEIL H. SIMON

Sen. Barack Obama saved his biggest Virginia rally for last -- attracting more than 85,000 people to the Prince William County Fairgrounds on the eve of Election Day. The Democratic presidential nominee's final major rally before voters head to the polls brought Obama back to where he kicked off his general-election race five months ago -- Northern Virginia.

"I know Virginia's ready to bring about change in America," Obama told a roaring crowd that waited hours under a "Vote for Change" sign for their candidate to appear. "It starts here, Virginia," he said.

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By JEFF ZELENY

Senator Barack Obama closed with a classic.

At the final campaign rally of his presidential bid, Mr. Obama dusted off a chant here Monday night that sustained the first year of his candidacy, a tale born last year in South Carolina that has since been told around the nation.

It is the story of "Fired Up, Ready To Go," a spontaneous call and response from a woman named Edith Childs, which Mr. Obama turned into the spoken anthem of his campaign. It originated in the early stages of the primary, when Mr. Obama was miles away from being the front-running candidate in the field of Democrats.

So when he visited the town of Greenwood, he met Ms. Childs, who lit up one of his docile campaign meetings with her signature chant. She yells, "Fired up," the rest of the crowd responds, "Ready to Go." The point of the story, as retold again and again by Mr. Obama, is that one voice can change a room. And, by extension, can change the world.

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