I'm definitely not all about McCain, but I think this particular comment doesn't have to be taken as a condemnation of the religious Right. It could be taken as an encouragement for those with different viewpoints to participate more, rather than sit there b!tching and moaning. True, that means he is encouraging people to challenge the religious Right, but I don't think he is making a condemnation.
However, on the Ted Kennedy collaboration - I think we can judge the fruit of that effort by the stench it emits.