Americans who had a problem with Mitt Romney's religious background, might want to think again.

Barack Obama is still flying through flak attracted by his Chicago "spiritual advisor," the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, left, who offered up rhetorical gems like 9/11 being America's "chickens coming home to roost" and a suggestion that blacks should sing "God damn America."

UPDATE: Obama delivered a milestone speech this morning explaining not only his relationship with Wright, but America's challenge in racism of all kinds. Obama gave Mormons some idea of what Romney should have said in his speech on religion. In fact, the Christian Broadcasting Network called the speech Obama's "Romney moment."

But McCain, so far, has avoided having to answer for his "spiritual guide," the Ohio-based Christian conservative Rev. Rod Parsley. Parsley has called for Christians to crusade against the “false religion” of Islam and destroy it. And his mega-church wants adulterers to be criminally prosecuted and compares Planned Parenthood to the Nazis.

Hillary Clinton's spiritual adviser was Jean Houston of the Foundation of Mind Research, who helped Hillary have conversations with Eleanor Roosevelt (who, I'm pretty sure, was dead at the time).

All of a sudden, Mitt's spiritual guides, who include the late President Gordon B. Hinckley, don't look so weird.

Zachary Roth of the Columbia Journalism Review asks:

Could it be that white, Christian conservatives are now such a familiar part of the landscape of American politics, that reporters often fail to look closely at the beliefs of some of their leaders.