elli1, I've known about since the Republican Convention of 2000 when the news commentator on the channel I was watching made a point of bringing this exact point up as the Cheney family was being seated.
It failed then to impact the polls and was quickly dropped by the MSM.
It will fail, again, to turn voters away from the Bush/Cheney ticket, but seems to be having an impact on the polls. Much to sKerry and the MSM's chargrin.
I'm a conservative Christian, and have known about Mary since the 2000 convention also. Having been informed by the MSM who made a point of it then, too. It did not affect my vote then, nor will it now.
It just shows me how dispicable the Dimz are. Cahill saying Mary was 'fair game' blew whatever cover sKerry tried to use later.