Earlier this afternoon NPR's Day to Daydid a story on the prevalent Obama VP rumor. Incredibly, high on the list was Colin Powell, he was the focus of the story.
With any luck this is just wishful thinking on Powell's or NPR's part, but the possibility that there is a shred of truth to it is unnerving. Powell has never come clean about his complicity in the fraud that led to the war, or made an effort to make amends the crime spree perpetrated by the Bush administration.
His selection would undermine Obama's credibility in opposition to the war and severely limit any chance that there would be accountability for the costly deception. Remember, Powell's career of whitewashing military crimes started with My Lai in 1968, and 40 years later he barely shows remorse. This is not a man capable of personal change, much less leading the country toward a better tomorrow.