is that politics is probably not where we're going to find moral leadership, at least not now if ever.  But for a country that prides itself so much on its religiosity, it speaks volumes that, unlike the Vietnam era, there has been no significant leadership from the churches and synagogues regarding the war, torture, and abuse.  Of course, the fundamentalists support the war, and the primarily right wing American Catholic bishops are totally occupied with the plight of the blastocyte.  But where are the Episcopalians, Methodists, Unitarians, and others who were so outspoken during Vietnam?