"Sorry John, but it turns out Gregg asked for the Commerce job and told Obama he would follow administration policy,..."

Well, Bill, I have just finished googling Gregg's withdrawal, visiting maybe 75 stories from about 15 or 18 pages. The only corroboration of your assertion is this quote from found in several sources, "'It comes as something of a surprise, because the truth, you know, Mr. Gregg approached us with interest and seemed enthusiastic,' Obama said in an interview with the Springfield (Ill.) Journal-Register." I have found no other corroboration of that statement from any source, credible or uncredible.

So you will pardon me for not accepting you statement that Gregg asked for the job at face value.