Surprise surprise, the idea of building a mosque two blocks from Ground Zero in New York is yet another issue that separates Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate candidates.Republican Pat Toomey and Democrat Joe Sestak, who have agreed on next-to-nothing in their politically polarized contest, voiced different views this week about the controversial plan, which is supported by President Obama but opposed by a wide swath of Republicans. Comments from aides to the two candidates came on the eve of Sestak’s endorsement from New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the project’s most fervent political supporter.
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