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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