The delay of McCain’s visit to the oil platform is a blessing in disguise. Nothing was going to bump footage of tens of thousands of Germans chanting Barack Obama’s name in unison from leading the news today. Better to do the oil rig visit — with as much press as possible in tow, with press interviewing the guys who work on the sites, and with close examination of the spill-free waters around the drilling platform. Don’t put one of your most effective arguments in the middle of a highly-contested news cycle. Dominate one that Obama is less focused on (the moment he gets back on Monday?) and make him respond to your arguments.

(McCain opponents are likely to point to an oil tanker’s collision with a barge near New Orleans. All that tells us is that we shouldn’t steer barges into oil tankers. Do these folks support banning oil tankers as well?)