This is welcome, but at this point merely a formality without practical consequences. Go get the others!
Well, all Cardinals get to go to the Conclave to elect a Pope, but if your 80 or older, you can’t vote, but even those over 80 can lobby for and against candidates. So, one good thing is McCarrick will not be at the next conclave (assuming he is alive) nor will he be able to influence who gets elevated to Bishop at a Diocese in the U.S. that needs a Bishop. McCarrick was the anti Burke, Chaput, DiNardo wing of the Church. When Benedict was Pope, Burke and Chaput and the late Cardinal George were the ones who were influencing Bishop selections. With Francis, it was the likes of McCarrick, O’Malley and Weurl in D.C. Now to be fair it was Pope John Paul II who appointed McCarrick as Bishop then elevated him to Cardinal, despite warnings from some U.S. Priests and prominent Laity. Unfortunately, John Paul II was suspicious of accusations of homosexuality charges against priests since the Nazis and Communist both used these tactics in his Home Poland.