But, on balance, I always felt that there was something sunny about American faith in innovation.

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And we're trying at all good faith to do something about it.

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Our optimism comes from the faith that we can do something about it, that we can do something about it.

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There was something genuine about the way he referred to the journey of faith as one that he and the faithful take together in love and trust.

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But this is something that we continue to be in dialogue with faith-based organizations about to try to make sure that their hiring practices are as open and as inclusive as possible.

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Rarely do the journalists and campaign staffers that travel with McCain hear him freely use such religious language, and if the senator is obliged to chat about faith, he usually appears genuinely eager to move on to something else, which made his self-assured performance at Saddleback all the more striking.

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"I also believe that talking too much about one's faith and religion, in my view, is something between me and God, " McCain said.

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