George Will: Some questions for Chuck Hagel

Senate hearings on the nomination of Chuck Hagel to be defense secretary will be a distinctive Washington entertainment, a donnybrook without drama.

He should be confirmed: Presidents are due substantial deference in selecting cabinet members because they administer presidential policies and, unlike judicial appointments, they leave when their nominators do.

Hagel will be confirmed because Sen. Chuck Schumer, after hesitating theatrically enough to propitiate supporters of Israel, of whom there are many among his New York constituents, has decided not to oppose Hagel. ...