http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/toby_harnden/blog/2008/09/12/john_mccain_offers_barack_obama_a_cabinet_post
This is one promise that Senator John McCain might struggle to keep if he does win in November. When asked by Time's Rick Stengel, moderating the 9/11 anniversary
forum on national service here at Columbia University in uptown New York city, whether he would give Barack Obama a cabinet job, he responded that he would.
Could Barack Obama be part of a McCain cabinet?
"Governor Schwarzenegger has made the service czar a cabinet-level appointment," Stengel said. "Would you, as president, do the same and would you name Senator Obama to your cabinet for National Service?" McCain paused for a beat before replying with a smile: "Yes!" Cue laughter and applause.
He also praised Senator Obama for his "outstanding" work as a community organiser - a
profession derided by Rudy Giuliani and Sarah Palin at the Republican convention in St Paul last week. "Of course I respect community organisers," he said. "Of course I respect people who serve their communities. Sentaor Obama's service in that area is outstanding."
Don't hold your breath about Obama being in a McCain cabinet as Secretary for National Service, Secretary for Community Organising or anything else. McCain went on to criticise the size of
George W. Bush's cabinet (a prize if you can name all 16 without resorting to Google or Wikipedia), talking about it being so big that it never meets, and said he would reduce rather than expand government.
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UPDATE: Asked to respond to McCain's offer and whether he would reciprocate, Obama laughed and said: "If that's the deal he wants to make right now..." There was a bit of crosstalk and he added: "We've got a little work to do before we get to that point..."
McCain offers Obama a cabinet post
