Not suprising, because he realised he had no hope against the Rudd machine, his own party, and the polls. He has better things to do. Forgetting about the smarminess, smirks, etc, I always thought he had more a more socially caring attitude than Howard would ever have, who was completely up himself, and only did anything that prolonged his stay in Kirribilli, probably under a lot of family pressure. Nothing worse than a Queen who has lost her palace. I wish Peter Costello well.
