He’s going out the same way his best buddy, Ted Kennedy, went out: clinging to power to the last. If he resigned, he’d leave the world as a “former” Senator and not a “sitting” one. He wants to be “in office” when he goes. It makes all the difference (to him) about how his bios will be written. I woukdn’t be the least bit surprised if he refers to his time in office as “active duty.”
Byrd also died in his chair with every building in West Virginia named after him. Another selfish pig.
He wants the FANCY FUNERAL!!! “Lying” in State, ya know.