It seems as if the only possible rationale for this behavior is the president's pride.

He tried to make his rightness into the only rationale of his campaign.

The only rationale was that Stafford didn't want to be tracked.

The only rationale for a clandestine receiving station was the expectation that a secret signal could be received.

The only rationale we really applied to the list was 'what did we all actually, genuinely play most of in 2010'.

It was the only rationale for her behavior that made sense.

Ideology is the only rationale for the existence of the 'first workers' state on German soil'.

The only rationale for his campaign was avenging his father's loss.

The only rationale I can see is, he wants the crew ready for anything.

The only rationale he mentioned for what has happened was that "there is some genetic hearing loss in my family."