Call it that if you want.
Problem is, tradition does not equal morality. Just because this is not the way things usually are done doesn't mean there's something morally wrong with it.
Look at California. Some said the recall was wrong. Why? Mainly because it was unusual.
No, but when a man says "...I deeply resent the destruction of federalism represented by Hillary Clinton's willingness to go into a state she doesn't even live in and pretend to represent people there. So I certainly wouldn't imitate it" and then drops those principles like a hot rock the moment something is in it for him. Dr. Keyes criticized Hillary Clinton for the very same thing he is now planning on doing. That's my objection, in a nutshell.