THIS IS WHY YOU SUSPEND A CAMPAIGN ...

From the NY Times ...

HONOLULU – Senator Barack Obama slowly walked up the steps of his campaign plane here on Friday evening, his suit coat slung over his shoulder, as he concluded his one-day visit home to Hawaii.

From touch-down on Thursday to take off on Friday, Mr. Obama spent nearly 22 hours on the ground in Honolulu visiting his ailing grandmother, Madelyn Dunham. He did not say how Mrs. Dunham was feeling and campaign aides did not disclose her condition, but he believes this could be his last time seeing her. He had expressed worry in interviews that she may not live until Election Day, and explained that he suspended his campaign schedule to see her, and recalled how he had not been able to get to his mother’s bedside before she died ...

The Honoluluadvertiser.com offers a small window into the life of Obama's Grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, with pictures of Obama as he walks in his old neighborhood during his visit.


- Mark