So - Foley apparently told a friend that he had decided to retire and not run again nearly a year ago. He wanted to leave the house and become a lobbyist. Then when that same friend saw him a few months later, his plans had been realigned and he was running again. Because Rove and the White House intervened, telling him his lobbying career would go nowhere fast.
It seems that the White House was pertified at the notion of the house falling into Democratic hands and the possibility of the administration facing two years of congressional hearings.
Kinda makes me wonder what the oh-so-righteous Bushies feel they had to fear, how about you?