Stress will do that to a guy. The thought of losing pension or benefits piled on top of the public allegations can compound awfully quickly.
And he is pretty old. May even have the obituary written up already, just waiting for dates to be inserted.
I’m thinking how wonderful it will be not to listen to this guy speak down to conservative witnesses before the judicial committee . . . not to mention that it takes him three times as long to form a sentence than other congress critters.