Larry Wilkerson's Motivations

Larry Wilkerson left the Bush Administration in early 2005 after working for four years for Secretary of State, Colin Powell. Wilkerson has been critical of Cheney and Rumsfeld and what he perceives to be various shortcomings of the national security apparatus under Bush. Laura Rozen quotes a Washington Post article that mentions a motivation that ought to show up more often in Washington:

Departing from government after Bush's second inauguration, Wilkerson had to decide: Would he speak his conscience or remain the quiet man like Powell?

"My wife said to me: 'You have two choices, my man. You can think more about him or you can think more about your country. I suggest you do the latter.' "