The Photo-Op Express

The USA Today reported that Senator John McCain held a campaign event in flood ravaged Iowa despite requests by the governor requesting both campaigns to cancel scheduled events. One campaign complied, the other must have been looking for a good photo-op.




Hat Tip to BarbinMD, a Daily Kos Front-pager,

An aide to Iowa's governor said Thursday that Republican presidential candidate John McCain ignored the governor's request to cancel a campaign visit amid a massive flood recovery effort in the state.

McCain toured flood-damaged sites in Iowa on Thursday, including the town of Columbus Junction in the southeast.

Patrick Dillon, Gov. Chet Culver's chief of staff, said the governor was concerned that McCain's trip would divert local law enforcement from the flood recovery effort to provide security for McCain.