If true this is a brilliant choice. It does a lot of things. Hillary, like her or not knows as much about foreign policy as anyone, and she already has personal relationships with many world leaders. It also removes her from running in 2012, and it gets her out of the Senate where she could make mischief with legislation Obama plans to introduce, especially health care. The only downside I see is what the hell are they going to do with Bill?
Most important it shows Obama has learned well from the Godfather: "Keep your friends close but keep your enemies closer."
I wouldn't be surprised if this was promised to her a long time ago.
