Link: Obama Hires New Religious Affairs Adviser | The Trail | washingtonpost.com.

In a recent interview, Casey said he tells his students these days that Democrats have been "downplaying" their faith while Republicans have tried to "gin theirs up." In the 2008 presidential race, he said, "those two things are being subverted. [Sen. John] McCain is uncomfortable talking about his faith and Obama is talking about it a lot."