Senator Barack Obama left the campaign trail October 23 and 24, 2008 to spend time with his grandmother Madelyn Dunham. Mrs. Dunham was reported to be gravely ill and not expected to live until election day.
Madelyn and Stanley Dunham raised grandson Barack Obama during the many periods Mr. Obama's mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, was working overseas. She died in 1995.
The news media followed Mr. Obama during that trip. When asked about his decsion to halt his campaign, Sen. Obama told CBS: "My grandmother's the last one left. She has really been the rock of the family, the foundation of the family."
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