No, I don't think so.

Regardless of the circumstances, the man's a candidate for President of the United States and the leadership of 300-million people, as well as having significant impact and influence on the world in general through that position. We're two weeks away from the election to decide that -- it's not practical to turn off the campaigns, nor is it fair to the undecided voters who might glean some nuggets from the chaff that'll be spewed during that time.

I'd like to say, sure, that's the right thing to do. It'd be nice. But the nice, right thing on a personal-level isn't the responsible thing at that level of politics. The President has to be able to serve the people, even when confronted with personal issues -- and in a campaign, the people are served by the campaigning.

Now, for a sitting President, I think differently -- assuming no national or international crisis, yes, there should be a respectful cessation of rhetoric in a situation like that, but a sitting President in that situation isn't leaving the citizens facing a critical decision in two weeks.