"Push Polling" Questions Romney's Mormon Beliefs

Republican presidential candidate John McCain has asked New Hampshire's attorney general to investigate incidents of "push polling" that purport to be from McCain backers and that raise questions about the religious beliefs of rival candidate Mitt Romney. McCain says that his campaign is not behind the calls. The AP reported yesterday that persons called are asked if they "knew that Romney was a Mormon, that he received military deferments when he served as a Mormon missionary in France, that his five sons did not serve in the military, that Romney's faith did not accept blacks as bishops into the 1970s and that Mormons believe the Book of Mormon is superior to the Bible." The calls have been received by at least seven voters in New Hampshire and Iowa. A Romney spokesman said that the calls amount to repulsive religious bigotry.