John Kerry

came close. Nothing other than President would really allow him to be independent and to be able to play a part in all foreign policy and most domestic issues - with his SFRC chair and being a senior member of both the Finance and Commerce committees. (This, of course, is better if we hold the Senate.)

Even in 2008, he said that there were very very few jobs he would even consider - likely meaning the Secretary of State with the President promising him a major say on foreign policy. I would actually guess that he might be happier with his Senate job, doing the occasional high profile diplomacy that he has done than being Secretary of State - and he might be more valuable to the country and Obama that way. (I doubt that Obama and Biden would give any Secretary of State much say in making foreign policy and there have been times where Kerry has been to the left of them - notably on Honduras.)