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    Obama, McCain and Pastor Warren

    Rick Warren is author of The Purpose Driven Life , which has sold some 30 million copies worldwide. He is the evangelical pastor of Saddleback Church in Orange County, California.  Tomorrow, he'll be talking for one hour each to John McCain and Barack Obama , both of whom he calls "friends."

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    is author of

    The Purpose Driven Life, which has sold some 30 million copies worldwide. He is the evangelical pastor of

    Saddleback Church in Orange County, California. Tomorrow, he'll be talking for one hour each to

    John McCain and

    Barack Obama, both of whom he calls "friends." The

    interviews will be back to back, but this is the first time the two will have been in the same place at the same time since becoming presumptive presidential nominees. We find out what to expect from the interviews, learn how a California evangelist landed such an event and discover the potential impact—on fundamentalist Christians and the rest of the voting public.

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