He said he would limit himself to three terms in the House. He did.
And he has said he would limit himself to two Senate terms. He's on his second.
I think he sees the scope of the problems in this country and somewhat naively thinks he can find Democrats serious about working on them as well. To his credit, he now seems to realize that isn't the case.
But I'll take a man like Coburn any day of the week over uniformed blowhards any day of the week.