Krauthammer on the meaning of Hagel

Here's Charles Krauthammer on the meaning of the Chuck Hagel nomination to be Secretary of Defense.

So what’s going on? Message-sending. Obama won reelection. He no
longer has to trim, to appear more moderate than his true instincts. He
has the “flexibility” to be authentically Obama.

Hence the Hagel
choice: Under the guise of centrist bipartisanship, it allows the
president to leave the