Could Obama Offer McCain a Cabinet Post?

With President-elect Obama meeting today with John McCain I cannot help but think of Obama confirming to Steve Kroft of 60 Minutes that he will name a Republican to his Cabinet.

Could John McCain be that Republican?

With Obama possibly appointing Hillary as Secretary of State is it a huge stretch of the imagination that Obama could appoint McCain as his Secretary of Defense?

Of course, Obama is already being compared to Lincoln. Not in terms of his achievements but that much of Lincoln's cabinet comprised of his political rivals.

Although I wonder what the Left would think of Obama appointing McCain. How would they react? Many conservatives have a low opinion of McCain in the first place so I don't think there would be a great deal of reaction. But the Left just got through demonizing McCain. Will they feel betrayed if Obama appoints him? Or would Obama appointing McCain be construed as an act of forgiveness and be looked at in the same way as Colin Powell's endorsement of Obama.

However, it is probably more a courtesy call than anything else. If Obama does name a Republican to his Cabinet as Secretary of Defense (and I think there is every reason he will) it would most likely be the just retired Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel who has long opposed the War in Iraq.