The thing that's so sad about this is how empty the argument is. The Treaty of Tripoli, in as many words, proclaims that the United States is Not in any way founded on the Christian religion. The founders did not include any references to Jesus or Yahweh, and the only laws in the U.S. that have anything to do with the ten commandments are stealing, and killing. Unfortunately, every single country in the world has those laws, so it adds nothing to the argument.

The founders that are often cited as Christians were largely deist, not Christian.

While there may be some debate about the historicity of Jesus, or the authenticity of the bible, there is absolutely none about the historicity or authenticity of the documents involved with the founding of America. In most cases, we have the originals today. We have the private journals of those involved. We have corroborating evidence from people outside of the government. In short, it's a locked down conclusion.

And still this myth is propogated. It is a grand testament to the power of the media. In other words, if the media was interested in truth, this myth would die within a year, and never be heard from again.

Indeed. I used to have a decent amount of respect for the guy too - he seemed willing to work bipartisanly and stood up to his own party on occasion - but this is beyond the pale, and saddly far too typical.

He probably did before this, but I think he really sold out when he did the Liberty University thing. That turned me off. It proved he'd jump through any goddamn hoop just to get a vote. It proves that he will say one thing only to denounce it later if he doesn't have popular opinion. That's not the McCain I wanted to run for president. I wanted the bi-partisan, partyline-be-damned McCain. Shit, in all likelihood, that McCain could've picked Feingold for vice president. Now it'll probably be McCain and some Gideon he met in a hotel lobby.

You said it! Even in the article McCain goes on to say that he would vote for a Muslim for president if he/she was most qualified.

Next week at a values voters for Jesus rally he would say that a Christian is the best qualified person. Then the week after that, at the all faiths forum, he'd say....