Should it really surprise anyone? Some gave him the benefit of the doubt during all of his criticism of the GOP and hand-holding with the Dems as being a principled bi-partisan conservative. Well it’s easy to see he is nothing more than a sale out. In the end, even Hagel will prove too conservative for an Obama administration.

Hagel’s vocal criticism of the Bush administration since the 2003 invasion of Iraq has touched off speculation that if Obama were to pick a Republican running mate, it might be Hagel. Hagel said in an interview with The Associated Press that after devoting much of his life to his country — in the Senate and the U.S. Army — he would have to consider any offer.

“If it would occur, I would have to think about it,” Hagel said. “I think anybody, anybody would have to consider it. Doesn’t mean you’d do it, doesn’t mean you’d accept it, could be too many gaps there, but you’d have to consider it, it’s the only thing you could do. Why wouldn’t you?”

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