Reading is the Trait of Leaders

So I was looking up something on my old friend Rusty Lopez's blog and just started looking through some old archives.  Came across this little snippet from John Mark Reynolds that I wanted to post here:

Reading is the trait of leaders. Why? Arguments cannot be made in any other way over time. [Hugh Hewitt says, "If you read, you lead."

I get kidded about how much I read and sometimes I feel like I am out of touch with reality because I gravitate toward reading - for instance - unless it's a Gator game or a show I really, really like, I'll often take a book with me to watch TV.  I just get bored because it's a passive medium.  I know the TV muddles my ability to comprehend what I am reading, which is why I don't take Calvin's Institutes into the TV room, but it's nice to be able to glance down at a book and get a snippet of a sentence or two here and there that engages my mind.

I'm also very aware of the arguments against the priority of reading (see this post) but it seems to me we ought to heed the words of John Mark and Hugh.  I can't understand why you wouldn't want to always be reading, especially if you are in leadership.  If you are always reading you are always growing and always exploring new worlds and never getting bored.  For me the question isn't "why read?" it's "why would you not want to read?"

Also, check this out from Brandywine Books - Reading is Real Life.