Time will tell. I was stationed in Turkey with Scott Gration in 1988, and oddly at the time he said his ambition was to be the President of the US. He was serious. http://ph.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080610130817AAxwlJ9
Not anymore!
I wouldn’t be surprised if Gration has been pushing to get into VP consideration. The Obamessiah really needs someone with strong military and/or other national security credentials b/c everyone knows he is such a lightweight. Speculation here, Gration may have so much invested in trying to salvage Obambi’s credibility and standing related to military issues that he went ballistic when the DoD was not going to fold and allow them to do the kind of campaign stop they wanted.