Barack Obama actually said...

"I suspect if you were in my shoes it seems plausible at least that you wouldn't want your church experience to be a political circus."

"What has drawn so many Caribbean men and women to America is the same idea that drew my own father to America many years ago -- that America is a place where our dreams for ourselves and our families ..."

"My suspicion at that time, and Michelle, I think, shared this concern, was that it was going to be very difficult to continue our membership there so long as I was running for president."

"My faith is not contingent on the particular church that I belong to."