This last point is important

Part of it’s because of the so-called leaders of the Christian Right, who’ve been all too eager to exploit what divides us. Washington’s been talking about our oil addiction for the last thirty years, and John McCain has been there for twenty-six of them. It’s a story with a simple truth: that violence is a dead end. This truth transcends nations and peoples – a belief that isn’t new; that isn’t black or white or brown; that isn’t Christian, or Muslim or Jew.