
The Rev. Jeremiah Wright poses with President Obama in Chicago in 2005, three years before the pastor’s comments shook the Obama campaign. (Trinity United Church of Christ via Associated Press)

The Rev. Jeremiah Wright poses with President Obama in Chicago in 2005, three years before the pastor’s comments shook the Obama campaign. (Trinity United Church of Christ via Associated Press)

The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, pastor emeritus of the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, speaks in Jackson, Miss., on Sunday, March 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, pastor emeritus of the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, speaks in Jackson, Miss., on Sunday, March 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Barack Obama was forced into crisis mode with the widespread distribution of videos showing his longtime pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright (seen here), shouting anti-American slogans. (Associated Press)