Questions about Faith and Politics Finally Enter the (Vice) Presidential Race

If you aren't reading Emma Green's pieces at The Atlantic, let me recommend that you consider doing so.

In today's article, she covered the religion/politics/morality/abortion angle from the VP-debate last night, and notes (with only thinly-veiled frustration) that these types of questions are important to many voters and therefore: "they should be important to moderators too."

She also noted how revealing such questions almost always are--not least because of their capacity to tap into the deepest part of a candidate. Interestingly, Green noticed that in debate filled with loud and sometimes bullying cross-talk, the one time the two candidates got quiet and careful (and even introspective) was when they were asked about how their faith informs their politics.

Like Green, I hope moderators of future debates press tops of the tickets on these kinds of questions.