Culver aides: McCain ignored request to cancel Iowa visit

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Culver aides: McCain ignored request to cancel Iowa visit

By MIKE GLOVER – 11 hours ago

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An aide to Gov. Chet Culver 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, 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.

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama canceled a scheduled visit to eastern Iowa last week at the request of state officials.

"As a courtesy — and as we did for Senator Obama — we privately made an effort to make sure that Senator McCain knew that state and local resources were still being deployed to support the flood fight and that now may not be the best time for a campaign trip," Dillon said in a statement.

Dillon's comments came as President Bush toured the state, and hundreds of law enforcement officers were diverted from flood recovery to provide security for him.

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[liberal N proud]

1. He has to have his disaster photo-ops just like bu$h

McSame

[JimGinPA]

2. Photo OP's For The Repugs Are A Priority Over Actually Helping People

K&R

[TornadoTN]

3. Why isn't this on the front page of CNN rather than McSame's "concern about election finance"?

This should be front page news, not the sour grapes that McCain is spewing because Obama beat him at his own game.

[ejpoeta]

4. because that isn't consistent with the narrative the media is selling.

[liberal N proud]

5. Good one

Welcome to DU

[Rowdyboy]

6. Because "mavericks" aren't supposed to be self-serving egotists unconcerned

about the trouble they are causing people trying to save their homes.

"Mavericks" don't live and die for cheap photo-ops with devastated people.