Presidential candidates' religious beliefs and practices are a delicate, potentially explosive matter. Voters worried JFK would be beholden to the Pope; it turns out the most catholic aspect – note the lower-case c -- of his presidency was his enthusiastic and ecumenical embrace of extramarital affairs. McCain accepted support from Pastor Hagee, notorious basher of Catholicism and Islam. Obama worshipped in the church of America-hating Jeremiah Wright, at least when he wasn't bowing toward Mecca or tending to his duties as the Antichrist, of course.

But now, perhaps most critical of all, there's the matter of Mitt Romney’s Mormonism, and the question no journalist is brave enough to ask. So, I will: Sir, exactly what role will the Osmond family play in your Washington if you're elected president? Fairly or not, the answer to this question could be a deal-breaker for some of us.

There, it's out there.