could I get an opinion?

[Donna Halper]

Bill wrote--

>The other 'controversy' involving Obama's last minute decision not 
>to visit hospitalized US troops while in Germany was officially 
>cited as out of deference for the privacy of the troops from the 
>press.  The weak-link in that decision for me is that there were 
>innumerable measures that his campaign could have taken (under the 
>direction of the Dept. of Defense) to get the candidate there and 
>back before anyone even knew he left.

Umm, before this spins into talking points from either side, CNN, 
MSNBC, Fox, Politico, the Washington Post, and everyone else have now 
acknowledged that the military informed him at the last minute NOT to 
go, because they said it would be seen as a "political event"; so he 
cancelled the visit, but he called the troops instead.