MacKay and Bernier the new stars of Cabinet, but did MacKay get promotion?

'If MacKay doesn't carry Afghanistan, defence and so on, and shore up some support in Atlantic Canada, Harper fails. And I suspect Harper...has figured that out,' says Prof. Donald Savoie

Peter MacKay and Maxime Bernier–the young, handsome, telegenic, effective communicators and lawyers in Stephen Harper's Cabinet–drew the most attention as the apparent winners of the 10-person shuffle last week, but one political expert wonders whether Mr. MacKay's new role as defence...

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