Although I'm not a fan of Imus', I listened many times because he did have a lot of impressive guests and even the lefty's because you'd get to hear what they're saying and Bernie would then lambaste them afterwards. This thread reminds me of an expression Imus used to use for this situation:
"time to pin a note to his sweater and drop him off at the dog track every day" No meanness meant to the elderly, but when a guy like Stevens hangs on when he's really not up to par, it's just a rotten disservice to the country and to the Constitution.
I sort of knew that I was quoting Imus with my “dog-track” reference. I think Stevens should also consider what Christopher Buckley satirizes in his book “Boomsday” when he talks about “voluntary early transitioning” (I think that's his phrase for committing suicide) by our/my Baby-Boom Generation.