It's much worse than that, Xopher. McCain has recently appeared on stage with the Rev. Rod Parsley, a conservative evangelical whose beliefs are as cartoonish as his name. What does the good minister say? That the United States was founded to destroy Islam! See David Corn's piece about this in Mother Jones: http://www.motherjones.com/washington_dispatch/2008/03/john-mccain-rod-p...

And how does the ever pliant maverick Republican refer to Parsley? As his "spiritual guide."

There's enough disgust and skepticism to go around.

(And by the way, Edward, I hope you don't think me any less compassionate to suggest that McCain is only talking like this to shore up Christian votes...)