From an interview with TIME Magazine:

TIME: One of the biggest moments in the campaign is going to be your announcement of a vice president. What is that decision going to tell voters about you?

Obama: Hopefully, the same thing that my campaign has told the American people about me. That I think through big decisions. I get a lot of input from a lot of people, and that ultimately, I try to surround myself with people who are about getting the job done, and who are not about ego, self-aggrandizement, getting their names in the press, but our focus on what's best for the American people.

I think people will see that I'm not afraid to have folks around me who complement my strengths and who are independent. I'm not a believer in a government of yes-men. I think one of the failures of the early Bush Administration was being surrounded by people who were unwilling to deliver bad news, or who were prone to simply feed the president information that confirmed his own preconceptions.

“Yes-men” like potential Obama supporter and Secretary of State in the “early Bush administration” Colin Powell? I guess Obama has become so intent on acting tough, he’s now even cruelly insulting his rumored friends. One hopes Powell won’t take this slight without registering the strongest possible not to mention public objection.