Check out this highly recommended diary at Kos, which tries to argue in favour of the proposition that appointments don't matter by equating obama to a mafia don. It doesn't get more "interesting" (As Glenn puts it) than that in terms of rationalizing/justifying obama's picks.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/12/8/101026/695/605/670633
But yeah, Obama appointing someone he previously voted against confirming should really put this sort of thing over the top, the shark and the moon all at once.
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The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
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