Original sentence: Other challengers state that the debate infringes on the fundamental notion of separation of church and state, even though few related entities are regulated by the government.Some of the idea's challengers also claim that the War on Christmas is a conservative distraction to shift attention from the war in Iraq, and President Bush's sliding poll numbers
Edited sentence: Some of the idea's challengers also claim that the War on Christmas is a conservative distraction to shift attention from the war in Iraq, and President Bush's sliding poll numbers, even though the President hasn't personally brought it up