Does anyone really care what Marion Barry has to say?

So Marion Barry is going on record as saying he feels "betrayed" by the DC United's threat to leave the city should their new soccer stadium deal fall through. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't seem to recall him displaying such feelings towards the Nats when MLB threatened to pull the plug on them for DC's inability to secure ballpark funding. If memory serves, Barry was ready to ride the Nats out of town on a rail!

In my personal opinion, Barry, opportunist that he is, was looking to capitalize off the anti-MLB fervor at the time and gain some grand standing in the public eye. So I can't help but wonder if his current support for the local soccer team is another such move.