John McPain suffers the same problems and he would be better than Hagel - not by much though. When will we ever see some actual Patriots being placed in high positions? I know - per my own advice, a question isn't really a question if you know the answer too...
I wonder when we will ever see people with managerial experience put in charge of departments with multi hundred billion dollar budgets. Sitting on your ass in Congress qualifies you do do nothing except talk, get re-elected, point fingers, and avoid responsibility. Jack Welch is more qualified to be Sec Def than McCain or any other blowhard in the US Senate.