Here are some strong Christian values to brighten your afternoon: Phil Burress, the Ohio anti-gay and anti-porn activist at the helm of Citizens for Community Values has issued the word on from high: John McCain is A-OK, and Barack Obama is a “borderline idiot.”

Burress was formerly a McCain naysayer. But after meeting with him in Ohio last weekend, he wrote colleagues:

Yesterday, though, I saw and listened to a man who likewise is principled. John McCain, unlike most politicians, will not be bullied, threatened, paid off or pressured into changing his position. That was refreshing. I was once one of those people who said “no way” to Senator John McCain as President. No longer. The stakes are too high. And if Obama wins I need to able to get up on November 5th, look at myself in the mirror, and when I pray, say, “Lord, I did all that I could.”

Meanwhile, in Colorado Springs, Obama’s campaign has reportedly been talking to Focus on the Family about a meeting between the candidate and James Dobson. What benefit this could offer Obama is hard to fathom, unless, of course, he wants to give Dobson a SpongeBob SquarePants DVD or his own copy of King and King, autographed by the first same-sex couple married in California.

–Sarah Posner

Sarah Posner’s coverage of religion and politics has appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, The Week, and many others.