Your summation of the facts is correct and I was aware of them when I made my post. The question is not whether Obama was requested to postpone his visit, the question is what motivated Obama to accede to the requests and this is speculation on your part as well as mine. For all we know, Obama could have found these requests convenient to hand. Or, perhaps equally likely, he might have been intending to accede to the request but realized that it would look bad if he did so after the story gained traction in the MSN. We just don't know.
As I recall Obama has made the decision public one day before the Washington Post story hit the front page. You say it is coincidence, I am not so sure. I couched my reply in terms of speculation, you denied the speculation but do you have any evidence whatsoever of his motivation apart from the facts we both agree on?
