The video comes from YouTube. Is it seen as bandwidth leaching? Just want to know if there is anything that either YouTube or Adsense would object to for this type of embedding?
No, I don't think its illegal or against TOS of both. You can embed videos on your blog. Besides, why would they give a embed code with the video?
Thats my way of thinking as well. If the original contributor of the video doesnt want their video to be used on other sites they have the option of not including the embed code.
This is not in any way breaking any TOS from AdSense. It's ok to embed videos in your blog and there's no reason for calling it bandwidth leaching