Hear from the man who named daughter Sarah McCain Palin

Any parent will tell you picking out a name for your child can be a challenge--but a Tri-Cities dad's choice has put him in the national news.

Mark Ciptak recently named his newborn daughter Sarah McCain Palin, after the Republican Presidential ticket.

Ciptak wanted to name his daughter John McCain. His wife had other ideas.

Ciptak recently spoke with 10 News via phone.

"I went ahead and asked my wife about it and let's just say that's not an option."

"She wanted Ava Grace."

"With a clear conscience, even though I know I was kind of going behind her back, I kind of secretly put down Sarah McCain Palin instead of Ava Grace on another set of forms I acquired from the front desk."

"As we were walking out the front of the hospital, I went ahead and gave those to the nurse."

"My wife actually found out the next day when I found out that it looked like it was going to make national news, so, for her fairness, I wanted to get that taken care of before the news hit nationally."

"At first she didn't really want to believe me. She sort of didn't want to talk about it."

"When she did realize it was the real deal...speechless. I felt a lot of cold air come from her way."

Ciptak said his wife is still speaking to him, but some relatives aren't. He said he does feel bad about going against his wife's wishes but said they're both excited at the hope of giving the McCain campaign a breath of fresh air.

He also said if his daughter grows up to be a Democrat, that's her freedom as an American, and he wishes her the best.