All pols necessarily have to deal with supporters who are less than savory. But we do not hear Barack Obama mouthing the rants of Farrakhan and insisting that they are true when challenged. Nor do we see Hillary Clinton publicly comparing committed Christianity declaring that Jesus followers must have a covenant relationship as tight as the followers of Hitler, Mao and Bin Laden, although Doug Coe, a man she has publicaly admired and whose organization she is affiliated with, says such things.

I think John McCain believes what he is saying, and he should be questioned about it.