From what i've read Satoshi didn't want any politics involved within the Bitcoin idea and it's development, the question here is if Bitcoin should deal with regulations or not to survive.
There were theories abound as to why he left the whole process because of it's excessive politicization and that all he was interested in was the technological aspects of the process and not as a kind of liberal "screw you" to the banks. Oh well,it's being run now by a foundation whose members have extreme liberal tendencies but that is the kind of crows that that kind of technology attracts.