That was an amazing speech he gave in Berlin today. McCain's Sausage Haus visit didn't have the same panache, did it?

The tax-payer supported presidential campaign fund didn't pay for that trip, however. You can confirm this with both campaigns and with the GAO if you like, as these expenses are a matter of open record. Obama has more money in his campaign coffers than you must realize. More every day, too. His private campaign money and donations paid for that trip, although people are loving to say otherwise to stir the pot. Secret Service protection, security and escorts, particularly in the Middle East, came out of taxpayer monies, as they have for McCain's similar trips overseas, which no one's had a problem with. No one has had a problem with the fact that during the Iraq war, 87 U.S. legislators and public officials have visited that part of the world on the taxpayer tab. But Obama's very wealthy campaign chest paid for his trip except for the security part of it. He has plenty left over where that came from!