Will John McCain have to repudiate Pat Robertson?

It seems that now that McCain has had to distance himself from two influential, but controversial, televangelists (John Hagee and Rod Parsley) -- whose endorsements he courted -- he may have cornered himself into needing to do the same with other outspoken Religious Right leaders like Pat Robertson, Tim LaHaye and James Dobson.

If he does, will that erode even more support from the "base" that was one of the keys to Bush's victories?

Over at Huffington Post, Chris McGowan writes about this very issue:

If McCain makes it a habit to repudiate bigoted, offensive or repressive comments coming from the Religious Right, then he'll probably have to reject the support of the likes of James Dobson (Focus on the Family), Pat Robertson, Tim LaHaye (Left Behind, Council for National Policy), Paul Crouch and many of the preachers appearing on TBN. The more radical comments of the above would offend most of America, and certainly don't appeal to those Republicans who mainly want lower taxes, less government and a strong military.

Have the Religious Right finally outworn their welcome in the conservative political arena?

We can only hope...