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The Presidential candidates dominated the news coverage of the King anniversary. Both John McCain and Hillary Rodham Clinton made speeches in Memphis. She spoke from the church where he preached his last sermon, the one in which he predicted his own imminent death. McCain spoke to apologize for having initially opposed a federal holiday to celebrate King's birthday. Missing from Memphis was Barack Obama. CBS' Dean Reynolds reported an interpretation for his absence that it was "a sign Obama wants to avoid the label of black candidate." ABC's Claire Shipman (embargoed link) pointed out that his speech was in Indianapolis instead, where "then-Presidential candidate Robert Kennedy heard the news" and made his famous speech calling for conciliation.
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