McCain And Obama Attend Campaign Forum At California Mega-Church

LAKE FOREST, CA – AUGUST 16: Pastor Rick Warren (R) and presumptive Democratic Presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) join hands during the Civil Forum on the Presidency at the Saddleback Church August 16, 2008 in Lake Forest, California. In the first joint appearance of candidates, Obama and Presumptive Republican Presidential candidate U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) participated in a town hall style meeting moderated by the Saddleback Church pastor Rick Warren, who leads the fourth-largest church in the nation. Each candidate was questioned, separately, about issues of poverty, HIV/AIDS, climate and human rights. Neither candidate was allowed to hear the responses of the other. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)