ONE DOWN….I see that John McCain has finally decided to reject John Hagee’s endorsement. Good for him. Maybe he’ll reject Rod Parsley next. And who knows? Maybe this, combined with Barack Obama’s pastor troubles, will convince everyone that religion is best left out of politics. I can dream, can’t I?

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