What a nice, uh, boy

The New York Times has the story of Obama being a good grandchild:

On a whirlwind trip back to Hawaii, Senator Barack Obama spent more than an hour visiting his ailing grandmother late Thursday and is set to return to her bedside on Friday morning after arriving here on a nine-hour flight from the Midwestern battleground of the presidential campaign. As soon as he arrived on the island of Oahu, Mr. Obama went to the Punahou Circle Apartments, where his grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, lies gravely ill. She is to turn 86 on Sunday, but aides to Mr. Obama said doctors advised him not to delay his visit. It was an unusual departure from the tug-of-war of the presidential campaign, with 11 days remaining in the race. But it was a trip that advisers said he told them was not negotiable. He missed his mother’s death here in 1995, a mistake he said he did not intend to repeat with his grandmother, who has been a stalwart in his life.
The moment Mr. Obama stepped off the plane here at 7:25 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time, his motorcade drove directly to the 12-story apartment building on South Beretania Street. It was a subdued arrival, with no waving to the cameras or welcoming party on the breezy airport tarmac. In his absence, Michelle Obama is campaigning on her husband’s behalf, as is Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr., the Democratic vice presidential candidate. While Mr. Obama is only going to be away from the campaign trail for one full day, it still is an unusual occurrence at this point in a presidential campaign. “It’s not optimal, but there was never any debate or discussion or anything,” David Axelrod, the chief strategist for Mr. Obama said in an interview. “Barack’s grandmother is one of the formative people in his life. He wants to go see her on the advice of her doctors. He had to do it now. So we’ll just make do.”

Rico says it's nice to see someone who's willing to put aside the bullshit of the campaign to do something real...