Frankly I'm very surprised by this news. I figured Rep. Kucinich would stick around all the way to the convention:

"I want to continue to serve in Congress," he told the newspaper.

Kucinich said he will not endorse another Democrat in the primary.

Kucinich's honesty, integrity and advocacy for progressive values will be sorely missed on the campaign trail. Here's another example of Kucinich candor that I read this morning (emphasis mine):

And today Mr. Kucinich took to the floor to fire off his latest salvo at the Bush administration: his plans to introduce Articles of Impeachment against President Bush on Jan. 28 — the day of Mr. Bush’s State of the Union speech.

Accusing the administration of lying about the need for the war in Iraq, Mr. Kucinich said he did not need to hear the president’s assessment. “We know the State of the Union,” he declared. “It’s a lie.”