No Takebacks

You make a good point about Lee's role in the previous split - he would only work as a symbol of unity if his father publicly expressed approval of his candidacy (though the Admiral might well express very different sentiments in private). I think Bill might be willing to go that far, given the Baltar/Zarek alternative. Plus, I think there are a lot of people in the fleet who would see him as an Adama, first and foremost, and assume that he'd be tying the military and the civilian government closer together. But still, your point stands. Maybe he'd come across better playing the young rebel :)