Obama to speak from King's pulpit

File under: fortuitous timing.

Barack Obama's campaign announced today that he will travel to Atlanta Sunday morning to speak at the storied Ebenezer Baptist Church, where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. preached until his death. Obama's 10 a.m. appearance will surely be a prime photo op for the candidate, who often references King in his stump speeches and is making a concerted appeal to black primary voters.

Obama's visit to Ebenezer comes after he and rival Hillary Clinton have cooled a simmering controversy over remarks Clinton made last week about King's legacy. No doubt he and his campaign will treasure the imagery (paging Obama media guru David Axelrod). South Carolina goes to the polls less than a week later, and Georgia does the same two weeks later.