ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, DEC. 3, 2012 AND THEREAFTER - FILE - In this Tuesday, March 27, 2007 file photo, former U.S. Attorney John McKay teaches a class at the School of Law at Seattle

ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, DEC. 3, 2012 AND THEREAFTER - FILE - In this Tuesday, March 27, 2007 file photo, former U.S. Attorney John McKay teaches a class at the School of Law at Seattle University in Seattle. In November 2009, McKay, well respected, from a prominent Republican family and who had served as the Justice Department's top prosecutor in western Washington - charged with carrying out U.S. drug laws, called for a top-to-bottom review of the nation's drug war and endorsed regulating marijuana like alcohol. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)