In an ad that started running over the weekend, the McCain campaign is slamming Barack Obama for canceling a visit to a VA Hospital in Germany during his recent European visit. Obama passed on the visit after deciding that mixing his campaign with members of the military might not be such a good idea. Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs said:

...the senator wanted to visit the men and women at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center to express his gratitude for their service and sacrifice. The senator decided out of respect for these servicemen and women that it would be inappropriate to make a stop to visit troops at a U.S. military facility as part of a trip funded by the campaign.