Barack Obama Leaves Campaign to Be With Gravely Ill Grandmother

Sad news for Barack Obama.

He is canceling nearly all his campaign events Thursday and Friday to fly to Hawaii to visit his suddenly gravely ill 85-year-old grandmother, his communications director Robert Gibbs said.

“Senator Obama’s grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, has always been one of the most important people in his life, along with his mother and his grandfather,” said Gibbs.

“Recently his grandmother has become ill and in the last few weeks her health has deteriorated to the point where her situation is very serious.

It is for that reason that Sen. Obama has decided to change his schedule on Thursday and Friday so that he can see her and spend some time with her.”