Years ago, the standard reason for a sudden departure was “health reasons.” Now it’s “spending time with the family.”
Can’t help but think there’s an underlying scandal about to bubble up.
“Can’t help but think there’s an underlying scandal about to bubble up.”
Since he voted aye on the debt deal, he may be anticipating a bloodletting.
Though as was pointed out in the thread on Bill Young few days ago http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3080784/posts (post 41) Washington can be very hard on wives and tends to break up marriages. He may actually be an honest politician who is looking out for the things that really matter—and not being comfortable being an oxymoron, is quitting.
Well, he’s not stepping down right away, and says that he’ll serve until January 2015, so maybe it isn’t a big scandal or anything. But, I agree, retiring after only two terms in order to “spwend more time with the family” does sound suspicious.
Or maybe it's a polite way of saying, "I'm sick and tired of dealing with morons like Eric Cantor, John Boehner, and Nancy Pelosi all day." Given the way things are in DC and the kind of people in Congress I can't say I'd want anything to do with them.