The fact that Obama belatedly spoke out regarding his pastor's teachings does not lay the matter to rest. I know many people have fallen all over themselves in hailing the speech as an eloquent commentary on race in America, but it did little to explain the judgment he showed in staying in that poisonous environment or his unwillingness to confront such wrong-headedness. On the contrary, he used his own grandmother as a diversion, slickly equating Wright with a harmless soul who had a big hand in raising him. I regret voting for Obama in my state's primary. Unfolding events have since made it clear to me that he would be a disaster in any executive role. Whether enough people recognize that before the election is anybody's guess.