I cringed while listening to Obama's speech the other day when he said he did not look like the presidents on the $1 and $5 bill. I took it to be a reference to his race; and my cringe was for what I initially perceived as a mistep (a rare thing in the Obama campaign). I've been following this campaign pretty closely and I do not recall McCain or his surrogates bringing up Obama's physical appearance, let alone race. I've heard plenty about his first, second and surname; and I interpretted them as vaguely racist, or xenophobic at best. But nothing overt, and not from McCain's own lips. So then why the comment about not looking like currency presidents? It's bothering me, and I would be curious if others had the same reaction or interpretation when they heard it. If I am making too much of it and it was just a reference to age (fifty-cent piece excepting), let me know. There have been accusations before during the primary that the race card was carefully played against Clinton. But, if they existed, they were hard to see, and were eclipsed by Bill's dismissive Georgia comments.