I haven’t checked the presidential candidate’s schedules, but I hope Senators Obama and McCain are planning to take vacations this summer–preferably at the same time. And I’m not just talking about a long Fourth of July weekend, I mean like three weeks. If our current president can do it, these guys can do it too.
It will be good for them to kick back, reflect on where they want to take the country, and work on policy rather than giving speeches on it.
Just as important, it will give me a break from watching the TV news talking heads parse everything Obama/McCain said that day, supplemented with dueling campaign press releases.
That alone would make it worth it. And most voters probably wouldn’t even notice they were missing.