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In an interview with Reuters, Senator John McCain mentioned Warren Buffett and former eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) CEO Meg Whitman as possible choices to succeed Hank Paulson as Treasury secretary: “I think it would be someone that Americans would recognize that would inspire trust and confidence. There’s people like (Cisco chief executive) John Chambers, there’s people like Meg Whitman, there’s people like Warren Buffett.”

That certainly would be interesting as, in addition to being the greatest financial mind in the world ever, Buffett is also a hardcore Democrat and a supporter of Senator Barack Obama.

It’s also almost inconceivable that Buffett would leave Omaha and Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) to go wrestle pigs in Washington. Buffett’s pledge of substantially all of his fortune to the William and Melinda Gates Foundation demonstrates his commitment to charity and improving the world but there is nothing in Buffett’s history to indicate he would want to spend his days devoted to matters of public policy: he enjoys investing.

So why would McCain bring it up? He probably just wants to look more competent and open-minded on matters of economic policy — and name-dropping Buffett is easy because he knows nothing will ever come of it.

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