I bet Obama was told he can’t go to Arlington by his handlers, and needs to get back to Chicago for an emergency damage control meeting due to his abysmal approval ratings, mounting legal challenges, failing dem primaries and elections, and party loyalists jumping ship.
Maybe to make sure Blagojavitch doesn’t talk anymore?
It’s all symbolic - here ya go from the White House:
“On Thursday, May 27, President Barack Obama and his family will travel to Chicago, where they will spend the weekend. On Monday, the President will participate in a Memorial Day ceremony at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Illinois.”
Thinking about it, maybe it’s good that our non-leader power holder will not be present. The sound of our dead military rolling over in their graves in protest would cause an earthquake. Let them Rest In Peace.