"I simply do not believe they meant for elective office to be a life-time career.
And that is why they set the term of Senators at six years and of Congressmen at two---"
But neglected to include actual term limits. It is interesting how low the approval rating for congress is but there is about a 90% re-election rate for members of congress.
IIRC, the framers of the Constitution considered term limits and rejected the idea, preferring to depend on the intelligence of the voters---