For 3 Candidates, a Test on Religion

October 20, 2007

Author: MICHAEL LUO

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/20/us/politics/20values.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 — Fred D. Thompson said that within his first hour of becoming president, he would close the door behind him in the Oval Office and pray for wisdom.

Senator John McCain grew emotional when he talked about a North Vietnamese prison guard who loosened his bonds and, several months later in a meeting on Christmas Day, surreptitiously etched a cross on the ground in front of him.

Mitt Romney spoke about his wife of 38 years, 5 children and 10 grandchildren, saying he had been “pro-family on every level” in his personal life, as well as his political life.