No, there is a consistent standard

The Obama base visit flap has many wondering if the same standard is being applied to both camps. According to VetVoice, it is.

Obama was denied permission to visit an army base in Germany with news media and campaign staff. And the McCain camp was denied permission to make a similar visit to a US base the month earlier. Looks like the same rules are being applied to both.

It still makes no sense for the McCain camp to attack Obama for failing to visit the base in Germany after permission to make the visit was refused.