McCain, Obama talk before evangelicals
Appearances at Rick Warren's megachurch bring risks, rewards

Their comments came at a two-hour forum on faith hosted by the minister Rick Warren at his megachurch in Orange County, Calif. Obama joined Warren for the first hour, and McCain for the second. The two men briefly shook hands and hugged each other during the switch.
Warren asked both men the same questions. McCain said he did not see or hear Obama’s session, which might have given him an advantage.
Obama said America’s greatest moral failure is its insufficient help to the disadvantaged. He noted that the Bible quotes Jesus as saying “whatever you do for the least of my brothers, you do for me.” He said the maxim should apply to victims of poverty, sexism and racism.
McCain said the nation’s greatest moral shortcoming is its failure to “devote ourselves to causes greater than our self-interests.”