Thank you Colin Powell

Thank you Colin Powell, no not for your endorsement of Barack Obama, which will surely secure his victory in two weeks, but for the following (as reported by the AP):

"Powell also said he was troubled that some Republicans — he excluded McCain — continue to say or allow others to say that Obama is a Muslim, when he is a Christian. Such rhetoric is polarizing, he said.

"'He's always been a Christian. But the really right answer is, what if he is? Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer's no, that's not America,' Powell said. 'Is there something wrong with some 7-year-old Muslim-American kid believing that he or she could be president?'"