I fell far short of living up to the kind of public servant I wanted to be.

Isn't it my right to talk and say what I want to?

I was raised on the values of speaking up and making a positive difference in a very political family that believed in the importance of public service.

We have to deal with reality. The reality is, we have a number a very high number of illegal immigrants in this country. They're meeting an important economic need. And we are a nation of laws, and we're a nation of immigrants. And if we're going to address the real threats, then we need to have a temporary worker program to allow our Border Patrol agents to focus on the criminals and the thugs and the terrorists and the traffickers and smugglers that are trying to come into this country illegally.

I'm glad to share my views.

I had unknowingly passed along false information. And five of the highest-ranking officials in the administration were involved in my doing so: Rove, Libby, the vice president, the president's chief of staff and the president himself.

The permanent campaign is inherently deceptive.