Obama Offers McCain a Cabinet Position after 2010 midterms

This question is inspired by a timeline I read in which the president offered his former rival and their running mate cabinet-level positions. Let's say John McCain announces his retirement in early 2009, opening up the field for his Senate seat. Barack Obama, in a move of bi-partisanship offers his former rival a cabinet-level position (maybe Secretary of Defense) and he accepts. He is sworn-in January 2011. I know he would flat-out refuse, but how would him on the cabinet affect Obama's relationship with the Republican party? How long do you think he would stay?
 
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This question is inspired by a timeline I read in which the president offered his former rival and their running mate cabinet-level positions. Let's say John McCain announces his retirement in early 2009, opening up the field for his Senate seat. Barack Obama, in a move of bi-partisanship offers his former rival a cabinet-level position (maybe Secretary of Defense) and he accepts. Obama then offers Palin a position (maybe Secretary of Energy) and she accepts. Both are sworn-in January 2011. I know they would flat-out refuse, but how would them on the cabinet affect Obama's relationship with the Republican party? How long do you think they would stay?

Why Palin. She is a dunce.

And I think it changes nothing. McCain will be ignored or called a RINO.
 
Why Palin. She is a dunce.

And I think it changes nothing. McCain will be ignored or called a RINO.
Well, scrath Palin. I thought it was a bad idea myself. In the timeline I read, McCain had a much more qualified running mate that was given a cabinet level position.
 
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