The three presidential candidates have taken a break from their attacks on foreign policy, coming together to release a joint statement on a crucial humanitarian issue.

"Today, we wish to make clear to the Sudanese government that on this moral issue of tremendous importance, there is no divide between us," the candidates declare in a joint statement released by the Save Darfur Coalition. "If peace and security for the people of Sudan are not in place when one of us is inaugurated as president on Jan. 20, 2009, we pledge that the next administration will pursue these goals with unstinting resolve."

However, as the New York Times points out: "The statement is largely symbolic because the three are not proposing any specific Congressional action against Sudan. Nor are they calling for tangible steps by the United States to put pressure on the Sudanese government."