Thirty years is more then enough time to make your mark as a Senator. More then enough time to achieve the bulk of what you are likely to achieve for the people of your state.
Meghan McCain seems to agree that her father, Senator John McCain has made his mark when she said said:
"My Father's legacy will be talked about for hundreds and hundreds of years."
Suffering from an aggressive form of brain cancer, Senator McCain is reportedly making funeral plans even down to the details of who he does not want to attend.
Yet he has still not resigned his seat in the Senate. Does he really believe there is no other person who could represent Arizona as well or better then he can in his current condition? Wouldn't he be better off resigning and sharing his wisdom with the new Senator that replaces him?
The election as a Senator was never meant to be a lifetime appointment. It does not suddenly make you royalty.
Nor is a Senate seat something that you can bequeath to an heir.
Yet Politico has reported several times this week that if John McCain's Senate Seat:
"becomes vacant, Cindy McCain (wife of John McCain) will be chosen to succeed John McCain."
Nepotism has never been a good look in America and it would not be in this case either.
Let the people of Arizona choose their new Senator.