Who Knew What When?
By Katharine Q. Seelye
NYT
It turns out that the Rev. Rick Warren gave both Senators Barack Obama and John McCain an advance look at some of the questions he posed to them on Saturday night at the Saddleback Church forum in California, according to church officials.
Senators John McCain and Barack Obama on Saturday with the Rev. Rick Warren. (Photos: Monica Almeida/The New York Times)
A spokesman for Mr. Warren, A. Larry Ross, said that Mr. Warren, founding pastor of Saddleback, had assured both candidates in advance that he was not going to play “gotcha” with them. He gave them some of the questions, Mr. Ross said, because he wanted to put them at ease and alleviate any concern that the forum would be a “Christian litmus-test” for president.
The Saddleback event was the closest the two candidates have come to a joint appearance since they became the presumptive nominees of their parties. They were interviewed separately — Mr. Obama first, by a coin toss — and were not on stage at the same time except for a brief handshake and hug between their interviews.
On Thursday night, Mr. Ross said, Mr. Warren told Mr. Obama three of the questions he would be asking: What is your greatest moral failing? What is America’s greatest moral failing? And who are the three people you rely on most for wise advice?
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NYT
It turns out that the Rev. Rick Warren gave both Senators Barack Obama and John McCain an advance look at some of the questions he posed to them on Saturday night at the Saddleback Church forum in California, according to church officials.
Senators John McCain and Barack Obama on Saturday with the Rev. Rick Warren. (Photos: Monica Almeida/The New York Times)
A spokesman for Mr. Warren, A. Larry Ross, said that Mr. Warren, founding pastor of Saddleback, had assured both candidates in advance that he was not going to play “gotcha” with them. He gave them some of the questions, Mr. Ross said, because he wanted to put them at ease and alleviate any concern that the forum would be a “Christian litmus-test” for president.
The Saddleback event was the closest the two candidates have come to a joint appearance since they became the presumptive nominees of their parties. They were interviewed separately — Mr. Obama first, by a coin toss — and were not on stage at the same time except for a brief handshake and hug between their interviews.
On Thursday night, Mr. Ross said, Mr. Warren told Mr. Obama three of the questions he would be asking: What is your greatest moral failing? What is America’s greatest moral failing? And who are the three people you rely on most for wise advice?
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