[muawiyah]

your logic fails against the real problem which was that at his advanced age Lugar had become a drooler. his office and his votes were totally in the hands off his staffers ~ none of whom had been elected.

The real lesson is that what you need to do before you become too old is pass the torch before you get burned!

[Abathar]

"The real lesson is that what you need to do before you become too old is pass the torch before you get burned!"

Exactly right, but the love of the perks and the power plus thinking people respect them for "who" they are and not "what" they are always seems to make them think they're invincible just one more time...

[antidisestablishment]

...his office and his votes were totally in the hands off his staffers

Like 90+% of all congressional offices. It's about time they all go. Maybe time to move the capitol to the Dakotas...