Was Obama Sandbagged?

The Bush administration's Department of Defense tells Obama not to visit wounded soldiers in Germany as the visit might be misconstrued as political. Then, when Obama cancels the visit in order to avoid any chance of embarrassing the soldiers or making political use of their sacrifice, McCain charges Obama does not care enough about our injured soldiers. Was Obama set up? Once the government asked him not to visit the soldiers there was no way he could avoid criticism.

Too bad he didn't make the visit. Many of those soldiers would probably have remembered and valued a visit from Obama for the rest of their lives. Still I am glad he did not go against the advice of the Department of Defense in this situation. A candidate should respect the Department's judgment about the welfare of its soldiers. Lets hope that was in fact the highest priority of the Bush administration in this case.