You might know his name was floated as a possible VP for McCain who insisted that his VP not be a supporter of abortion rights. Besides, his name has been among favorites of key conservative organizations like the Heritage Organization and NRO. The full range of the political stances of military leaders are telegraphed only as time goes by and incrementally at this as was the case with Colin Powell. The post was made to provoke a discussion.
As you can see the thread didn’t generate anything useful, just posting a name, with no information or explanation wasn’t enough.