Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-5781149-20130130013422/@comment-3258762-20130211161643

The rank Colonel Commissar is not a Colonel that acts as a Commissar, it means it is a Commissar with the same amount of authority as a Colonel. He is still expected to be a Commissar, and he does not act like one.

Cain, like I said, is just plain wrong in that he made it to commissar. The Imperium is no nice place where they give out promotions because they like you. If you get promotions, you are either the best there is at what you do (Which Cain obviously ain't) or they will use you like a puppet, which they don't seem to attempt with Cain.