McCain
On Monday night, Mr. McCain will be the guest of honor at a black-tie dinner celebrating Mr. Obama’s inauguration.
Over the last three months, Mr. Obama has quietly consulted Mr. McCain about many of the new administration's potential nominees to top national security jobs and about other issues--in one case relaying back a contender's answers to questions Mr. McCain had suggested.
Mr. McCain, meanwhile, has told colleagues "that many of these appointments he would have made himself," said Senator Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican and a close McCain friend.
No real difference if McCain had won. Well, maybe one--if he had won, the media and American liberals would have dedicated themselves full time to his political destruction.