McCain, Romney Advisers Spar Over Mormon Religion
By Dan Balz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, April 9, 2007

The tension between the campaigns of Arizona Sen. John McCain and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney was palpable when Harvard University gathered together top GOP strategists last month.

The issue was Romney's Mormon religion and for a few minutes, the audience was transfixed by an exchange between McCain advisers Bill McInturff and Stuart Stevens and Romney advisers Alex Castellanos and Ben Ginsberg.

The discussion underscored the deep sensitivity within the former governor's campaign about the potential impact of his religion on his presidential aspirations. the rest