'Least of my brothers ,,,'

Senator Barack Obama said today that the country's -- and his -- greatest moral failure has been selfishness.

"We still don't abide by that basic precept of Matthew -- whatever you do to the least of my brothers ... you do to me," Obama said.

As for himself: "I had a difficult youth ... I experimented with drugs and drank ... I trace this to a certain selfishness on my point ... I couldn't focus on other people," Obama told Pastor Rick Warren. "It's not about me."

Obama took the stage to a standing ovation at the Saddleback Civil Forum on the Presidency at Warren's church in southern California, home to nearly 20,000 members.

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While he was citing a christian biblical quotation the way we treat others is a basic human tenet and reflected in all religions (granted in some cases it is a bit of a stretch, especially with fundamentalists - of every stripe).
It is refreshing to see and hear a politician actually make sounds that form real words and in a coherent pattern, the fact those words are closer to the truth (all politicians 'lie', that's a given) than we have heard in many years - particularly the last eight - is a bonus.