I think politicians on both sides would like to have unlimited terms. And no more elections.
Sure they would, power is more addictive than cocaine.
There is only one reason that Senators like Kennedy and Bird run for reelection until they’re dead. They can’t imagine life with out power.
Of course. That is inherently in their interest . . . which is why you do not expect Congress to propose that the states pass a constitutional amendment imposing term limits on Congressmen or Senators, nor to pass an amendment preventing Congressmen from gerrymandering themselves into lifetime incumbencies.Equally, you do not expect Congress to propose to diminish the powers of the Senate by making new SCOTUS justices running mates of the presidential candidates, thereby allowing the people rather than the Senate to vet SCOTUS nominees (and considering what will pass a Democrat Senate, could the people possibly do worse?).
Nor would Congress propose that a 60% vote of the states have the power to Recall justices of SCOTUS, which is needed to restore the balance between the federal and state governments.
Those are the sorts of thing for which an Article V constitutional convention is the sovereign remedy. By the time this current Congress and potus have done lashing things up, we will seriously need to restore checks and balances.