Pastor Rick Warren on Saturday sat down first with Obama and asked him the same questions he would later ask McCain. The John McCain campaign sent an angry letter to NBC criticizing Andrea Mitchell's comments during Saturday night's forum. The forum was hosted by Pastor Rick Warren at the Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California.

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By Bill Waters
Aug 19, 2008 15:41 PM GMT
Pastor Rick Warren on Saturday sat down first with Obama and asked him the same questions he would later ask McCain.

The John McCain campaign sent an angry letter to NBC criticizing Andrea Mitchell's comments during Saturday night's forum. The forum was hosted by Pastor Rick Warren at the Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California.

John McCain's campaign manager Rick Davis cited Andrea Mitchell's comments on NBC. The comments occurred during the show "Meet the Press."

Mitchell alleges that McCain may have overheard Barack Obama's responses to questions which made him better prepared to answer. Both candidates were asked the same set of questions by Rick Warren who played host to the forum event.

Pastor Rick Warren on Saturday sat down first with Obama and asked him the same questions he would later ask McCain.

Davis denied called the comment "a completely unsubstantiated Obama campaign claim that John McCain somehow cheated." Davis added that while Obama was being interviewed, McCain was driving in his motorcade and then sat in a green room without TV for only a few minutes.

"We are concerned that your news division is following MSNBC's lead in abandoning nonpartisan coverage of the presidential race," Davis wrote in a letter sent to NBC News president Steve Capus.

Davis requested a meeting with Capus to discuss the issue further.

NBC News issued a statement that it welcomed an opportunity to speak with officials from both campaigns and said it is in daily contact with the McCain camp.

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Pastor Rick Warren on Saturday sat down first with Obama and asked him the same questions he would later ask McCain.