UPDATE: Obama to give speech Tuesday addressing Rev. Wright.

The Wall Street Journal:  "To be sure, such attacks often fail to mention that presumptive Republican nominee Sen. John McCain had a similar uncomfortable brush with controversy when he gratefully accepted the recent endorsement of Texas televangelist James Hagee, best known by some by some for referring to the Roman Catholic church as “the great whore,” and a cult. “I repudiate any comments that are made, including Pastor Hagee’s, if they are anti-Catholic or offensive to Catholics,” McCain said, during a recent stop in heavily Catholic New Orleans.

Will Obama get a similar pass? The Illinois senator clearly hopes Tuesday’s speech will help. An aide said it is specifically tailored to address the mess wrought by Wright."

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There is, at least in my mind, a political racial platitude to the whole controversy, still....I think it qualifies as worthy of analytical debate.  This is one of those things which should be put into the context of it's actuality.