[Jeff Chandler]

My theory is that if Petraeus had been squeaky clean, he would never have been appointed CIA director. In a sense, it was the dirt that qualified him by giving his overseers a blackmail tool.

My thoughts exactly and something to keep in mind with future appointments.

Poor Republicans never saw it coming, the lambs.

[ex-snook]

"Poor Republicans never saw it coming, the lambs. "

Maybe. Eric Cantor seems to be in the loop before Obama.

[TigersEye]

My thoughts exactly and something to keep in mind with future appointments.

(cough)Jon Effin Kerry(cough)