Sens. John McCain, who was raised as an Episcopalian and attends a Baptist church, and Barack Obama, a Christian who had a public falling out with the fiery former pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ , appeared back-to-back on the same stage last night -- a televised platform -- to confront questions about their faith.
During the two-hour forum at Saddleback Church in California, Obama told Pastor Rick Warren that it was "above my pay grade" to define when a baby gets human rights, while McCain quickly answered, "At the moment of conception." And each spoke of their own morale failures: Obama, his drug use as a youth, McCain, his failed first marriage.
Among the 2,800 members of the evangelical church in Lake Forest in attendance, McCain drew frequent applause with remarks underscoring his conservative credentials. Among evangelicals nationwide, one poll shows, McCain holds a 67 percentage point advantage.
http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/08/mccain_obama_on_...
Why did you copy Billy's post?
The last thing we need is to hear about faith from a politician
What post got copied?
oops. Sorry Chris. Billy posted this the day before you under a Group - NWOhio Jesus Freaks. Duh, my bad.
Turn's out McCain may have been listening to Obama's interview or had been given the questions. McCain wasn't in any "cone of silence"...
Very sad, the entire thing was fasinating to watch, but I wondered at the time how McCain gave such quick responsive, while Obama seemed to reflect for a second before answering.
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/08/18/politics/horserace/entry4358523....
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/08/more-on-the-con.html
ABC News' Ron Claiborne, traveling with the McCain campaign, reports that McCain senior adviser Charlie Black would not say whether people around McCain while he was en route to Rick Warren's forum had access to blackberries and cell phones from which they could have tipped off Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., about the questions.
Blackberry or cell phone? It was carried live on XM and Sirius Radio...