John McCain was talking religion yesterday on the campaign trail. More below from CNN:
John McCain, who rarely talks about his faith publicly, discussed some of his religious beliefs with reporters Wednesday - including the question of whether he might consider being baptized again.
"The message that Dan Yeary conveys of Christian love and redemption is one that I welcome," said McCain. "And I'm always spiritually helped and assisted when I attend those church services, as I think most Americans are when they attend church services."
The Arizona senator, who was raised an Episcopalian, has attended North Phoenix for nearly two decades, but is not a member because he has not been baptized into the church.
On Wednesday, he told reporters that he had been baptized in Panama, where he was born, and talked about a photo in his memoirs of himself as a baby in a baptismal gown, with his father and grandfather.
But he was more guarded about his current plans with regard to baptism, calling them "a private thing."
"And my faith was tested in extraordinary fashion and it was my faith that got me through not the next day, or the next hour but the next minute."
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John McCain doesn’t advertise his faith. He doesn’t really want to talk about it. I ask this question: So what? Is it horrible to be like that? Does that make him any “less Christian”? Look, let’s be real here. There are those within the conservative Evangelical community that got comfortable with the Evangelical talking George Bush and now along comes John McCain who doesn’t want to go down that road. These Evangelicals like when a candidate talks openly about his faith. But McCain is going to be who he is. He will not pander. He will talk about faith on his own terms.