“Warner Decides Not to Seek Sixth Term”
Not soon enough,
Republican Sen. John Warner of Virginia, one of the most authoritative voices in Congress on the military and a key figure in the debate over Iraq, said Friday he will not seek a sixth term in 2008.
Warner, 80, has held the seat since 1979, when the dashing former Navy secretary campaigned alongside his wife at the time, Elizabeth Taylor.
Warner is leaving what would have been a safe seat for the Republicans if he had chosen to run again. His departure gives Democrats a better chance to protect or even expand their one-seat majority in the Senate.
“Public service is a privilege and I urge all to try to find time some time in their lifetime to serve the needs of others,” Warner said at a news conference. “I have tried to be not only true to myself, but true to the people of this great commonwealth I’ve served for 29 years now.”
One of the poster children for term limits. No matter the outcome of this Senate race I won’t be sorry to see him go.
— The Ace