Obama Now Says He Might Have Left The Church

The current spin is that the Rev. Wright "pastor disaster" hasn't hurt Obama, but I don't believe that's true. I think he realizes his decision to stay in a church for 20 years where you know he heard statements equal in controversy to what has been played in the press has taken some of the shine from his halo. Now, after Hillary says she would have left the church, Obama is saying that he would have left had the pastor not retired:

In appearance taped for airing this morning on "The View," Senator Obama makes news by saying he might have left Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ if the Rev. Jeremiah Wright had not retired.

In a clip posted by ABC, Obama says: 'Had the reverend not retired, and had he not acknowledged that what he had said had deeply offended people and were inappropriate and mischaracterized what I believe is the greatness of this country -- for all its flaws -- then I wouldn't have felt comfortable staying there at the church."

The main problem with that statement (besides the obvious pandering) is that the new pastor, Otis Moss III, is as wacky as the old guy and has already using language that should make most sane people cringe. He's every bit the black nationalist that Wright was.

This will give the press all the more reason to scrutinize every sermon offered by Moss during the 30 Sunday's remaining before the general election.