As South Carolina Republicans headed to the polls Saturday, an all too-simple storyline emerged in the press. Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, a Southern Baptist minister who won the Iowa caucus, would have the evangelical vote, while Arizona Senator John McCain, a Vietnam War hero, would win defense conservatives. "It's the Christian soldiers vs. the retired soldiers," one observer summed up for the Wall Street Journal.
But McCain captured a quarter of evangelical voters when he won yesterday's GOP primary according...
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