Obama the Professor

In Senator Barack Obama’s speech on race he said, “Given my background, my politics, and my professed values and ideals, there will no doubt be those for whom my statements of condemnation are not enough.” Professed values and ideals? Professed? We have been told that this speech was worked on for an entire weekend and into the wee hours the night before it was given and he left in the word professed? For a candidate who has been accused of being an unknown, why not just say my values and ideals. Perhaps he is too honest and is still actually an unknown.