Mr. McCain mending relations with religious groups?

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In an interview conducted by beliefnet, a Web site that writes extensively about religious issues of virtually every denomination, Mr. McCain said in response to a question about the possibility of a Muslim’s running for president: “I just have to say in all candor that since this nation was founded primarily on Christian principles, that’s a decision the American people would have to make, but personally, I prefer someone who I know who has a solid grounding in my faith.”

In a response to the interview, David Kuo, the former deputy director of the White House’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, characterized Mr. McCain as “a man pandering to what he thinks the Christian conservative community wants to hear. It is as if he is trying to sound like the ‘agents of tolerance’ he once critiqued, thinking that will cause Christian conservatives to like him. It is a sad performance."