According to Harry Reid, Rep. Walter Baring, a Democrat from Nevada, told him on the night of JFK's assassination that Kennedy had been leading America down the path to communism and "It was probably a good thing that he was murdered"

@schwarz My dad retired at 62 and at 80 has had 18 years of doing whatever he wants. I plan to retire at 60. Retiring and dying five years later like Reid seems nuts to me.

@Johngcole I once was talking to a friend about why these people cling to power for so long, and asked what it was about power that was so great. She said: "Well, whatever it is, you and I will never know."

@schwarz He also got incredibly wealthy during his time as an elected official - do the math

@schwarz That rubber band thing hit him in the eye and he gave up. Sad.

@schwarz He was exercising, one of those bands snapped, it hit him in the eye, then he fell and broke some ribs. I don't think he would have retired if he hadn't fucked himself up so badly. The pancreatic cancer got him much later afterwards.

@schwarz @davenewworld_2 Chuck Grassley will be there until he's 200 more years old.

@schwarz True, but only after he literally put his eye out. Otherwise, he said he would've run again. So, half credit.

@schwarz @MatthewSitman It’s astonishing they let Obama through in his 50s. By the current standard, he’d be mildly promising young up and comer.

@schwarz @kenklippenstein That's what happens when you make enough money to play the slots for the rest of your life by the pool with a Mai Tai.

@schwarz @sarahpfish Our country and it's fragile democracy needs more youth who actually paid attention to civics.

@schwarz So, there IS one good thing that can be said about him.

@schwarz Term limits is the only fix

@schwarz Congress should have a mandatory retirement age.

@schwarz He had pancreatic cancer.

@schwarz Memory serves, his support in Vegas was tenuous. He retired about as much as Anthony Scaramucci resigned.

@schwarz Bro, the mob poked one of his eyes out. If that ain't a signal to hang it up, I don't know what is.

@schwarz He retired due to his failing health, not his age.