[Kevin]

Don't ya'll see? This stuff doesn't have to show up on a commercial. Look at the pub it's getting without the campaign having to spend a dime.

Regardless of the President's intentions, this is great publicity, it's free and you'll probably never see it in a commercial. You don't need to. News organizations will run footage of this and his landing on the carrier for free throughout his election.

Of course, I think it was also a great gesture. Him announcing he was showing up would probably not really put his life so much in danger as the troops in his vicinity.