Pffttt.
Cochran doesn’t owe anyone squat.
He won’t be running again in 6 years so the only people he has to please are himself and any cronies who call in their chips or who may offer favors to him and/or members of his family after his term expires, if he lives that long.
36 years in Congress was not enough?
“.Cochran...won’t be running again in 6 years...after his term expires...”
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Cochran has accrued pension benefits of 80% of his $174,000 (my recollection of the current salary) salary. 80% is the MAIMUM percentage he can retire at...it won’t be increased by additional years of service.
Cochran WANTED to retire this year and not run for reelection but was CONVINCED by the corrupt Haley Barbour organization and the equally corrupt GOPe organizations to run for reelection. What was he promised to get him to agree with this? My educated guess is that he was promised that if he ran, was reelected and (after a “decent” period) announced his retirement he would be given a HIGHLY COMPENSATED no show and/or minimum work position with a DC lobbyist firm for BOTH him and his Virginia honey.
Then Haley Barbour would engineer the naming of another crony and/or family member to the seat. Meanwhile, Cochran gets his $139,000 yearly pension as well as the huge salaries he and his honey will get for their new DC gigs. Oh...I forgot that his honey will have her pension also in addition to the huge salary from HER no show job.
This is ALL unacceptable to me.