How come Kerry, as well as Lieberman before him, was never forced to resign from the senate the way Dole was when he ran? I don't mind Lieberman in there, but I wished Kerry had been forced to leave when he ran for president, so we wouldn't have to see his mug anymore.
"How come Kerry, as well as Lieberman before him, was never forced to resign from the senate the way Dole was when he ran?"
There was a lot of pressure on Dole to give up his position as majority leader, but it came as a surprise to almost everyone when he also resigned from the senate. I don't think there was much, if any pressure for him to do that.
Dole was not forced to give up his seat or leadership position. He chose to, it was the honorable thing to do. Dole was campaigning and it was hard for him to also be majority leader at the same time. He gave up the leadership post, but also gave up the senate seat because he had integrity for the institution and for the country.
I know you certainly don't think Kerry has any of those traits, so the question itself is moot. Liebermans case may be worse, he actually ran for the senate at the same time as running for VP, its pretty clear he really was hedging in case Gore lost.