McCain's Function in an Obama Presidency

The recently released torture report should serve as the opening salvo in John McCain's political revenge against Bush and the cadre loyalists who defeated McCain in the 2000 Republican primaries and whose failed administration ruined McCain's chances in 2008. Who better for Obama to co-opt as an aggressive pursuer of all the wrong-doings of the last eight years than his own political opponent, the "maverick" Republican who "reaches across the aisle" to govern in the people's interest? McCain should cherish the role, since any success he has will cement his image in history the way he professes to see himself. In the coming weeks, we need to see McCain change his mind about looking into the past and start working towards securing convictions for the most egregious criminals of the Bush era. I think this is one of the only ways for McCain to rehabilitate the image that was damaged so badly during the election.