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www.chicagotribune.com — HARRISBURG, Pa. — They called it the church riot. Sen. John McCain , who is known for his reticence and even discomfort invoking faith on the campaign trail, was once dubbed a "Hell's Angel" for rioting against his captors in Vietnam in order to hold Sunday church services. It is a story unknown by a public still getting to know McCain and searching for shared values with the candidates. This ...

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MCCAIN TALKS FAITH, WAR WITH CHICAGO TRIB
The Page by Mark Halperin - TIME.com — ... In an interview published Friday the Arizonan discusses how his faith helped him as a Vietnam POW, including how his fellow prisoners staged “the church riot” against captors to worship together. ...

FAITH OF THE CANDIDATE
The Page by Mark Halperin - TIME.com — ... In an interview with the Chicago Tribune, McCain discusses how his faith helped him as a Vietnam POW, including how his fellow prisoners staged a “church riot” against captors to worship together. ...

Rick Warren Sells Out to the Pro-Abortion Crowd This Weekend
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... As John McCain and Barack Obama head out to Saddleback to sit down with Rick Warren and avoid tough questions about Obama's support for infanticide (yes, yes does support it, but Warren won't be filled with enough of the Spirit to ask him about it), the Chicago Tribune is breaking news today with an exclusive about John McCain. ...

Around the Web: 2008
The Corner — Friday, August 15, 2008 [image] Around the Web: 2008 [Katherine Connell] The latest on the candidates . . . McCain The POW Church Riot Chicago Tribune [image] ...

McCain broaches faith
Jonathan Martin's Blog — ... In advance of the candidate forum at Rick Warren's Saddleback Church Saturday night, the McCain campaign gave an interview to the Trib's Jill Zuckman in which the candidate discussed his faith. ...


Brainster's Blog — Preacher John McCain Another inspiring story from the Senator's POW days: About six months later, they were back in the ironically named Hanoi Hilton, and Day, the senior officer, chose McCain as the group's chaplain. His first lesson — he doesn't like to call them sermons — recounted the biblical story of the man who asked Jesus whether he should pay taxes. Jesus replied, "Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's, and render unto God what is God's." McCain's point was that the prisoners should not pray for freedom, nor for harm to come ...

Carol Platt Liebau: Suffering for Faith
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — ... ). But it would be interesting if someone actually asked the candidates: Have you ever suffered for your faith -- personally -- and if so, how? The answers would be instructive, and no doubt revealing. A piece in today's Chicago Tribune notes that John McCain risked punishment as a POW in order to worship with his fellow prisoners . I've ...

Amanda Carpenter: Saddleback Showdown Time!
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — As you probably know, Barack Obama and John McCain will be convening at Rick Warren's church tonight for a forum on faith and politics. Before it begins and I start live blogging, I'd like to offer this piece of essential reading . It's a Chicago Tribune story about McCain leading a POW riot against his captors in order to hold a Sunday church service. A friend also tells me he'd LOVE to see Warren ask Obama why he voted against a bill to protect infants born alive during abortion as a Illinois state senator, why he reversed his position on the Defense of Marriage Act and ...

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