One of the many poster boys for TERM LIMITS. Should have been out 16 terms ago, and either run for another (preferably) higher office, or gone back to the real world, living under the laws he helped to pass.
There should be no congressional retirement plans other than whatever social security they are entitled to, and any pension plans they choose to fund for themselves.
Clarity bump.
When Abraham Lincoln came to Congress in, um, 1847, the majority of representatives served only one term. A biggish minority served two (I think Crockett served two terms). Congressmen serving more than six years were a tiny, tiny fragment, and John Quincy Adams's long tenure of office in the House was almost unheard-of.