The word from the campaign of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is that his speech Monday morning in Independence, Mo., will deal with a topic tied to the Fourth of July — patriotism.

As a campaign statement issued late Sunday night explained: “Senator Obama will discuss what patriotism means to him and what it requires of all Americans who love this country and want to see it do better.”

Apparently, the Missouri GOP got it wrong with its news conference earlier Sunday, where officials said they’d been tipped off that Obama would be discussing the war in Iraq.