Well of COURSE they took it down. Regardless of whether the decision was right or wrong, leaving it up would have cost them votes in an election that's too close to call. After all, what's more important: honoring agreements you've made and ensuring equality in an advertising gimmick, or votes? A politician will of course choose votes. At least they had the political sense not to tell Al-Jazeera the REAL reason it was removed. That, too, would have cost votes.
