Rudy Giuliani, the most socially liberal major Republican candidate since Gerald Ford, tried an interesting line with Christian-right reporter David Brody: Citing the Bible.

"I'm guided very, very often about, 'Don't judge others, lest ye be judged,'" Rudy said when asked about his turbulent family life. "I'm guided a lot by the story of the woman that was gonna be stoned, and Jesus put the stones down and said, 'He that hasn't sinned, cast the first stone,' and everybody disappeared.

"It seems like, nowadays in America we have people that think they could've passed that test. And I don't think anybody could've passed that test but Jesus."

Rudy also gave an explanation for the odd manner in which he took a call from his wife during his speech before the NRA — citing 9/11. "My wife calls me when she gets on a plane," he said, saying how she was about to get on another plane but he didn't know exactly which one.

"And quite honestly, since Sept. 11, most of the time when we get on a plane, we talk to each other and just reaffirm the fact that we love each other," he said. "Sometimes if I'm in the middle of a very, very sensitive meeting, I don't take the call right then — I wait. But I thought it would be kind of nice if I took it at that point."