Scott Williams: 'I feel a bit sad that California Sen. Diane Feinstein, who has amassed a historic record of public good, knowledge and judgment, appears to remain committed to living her years out in the Senate.'
It’s also not a common act in the halls of Congress to relinquish power, particularly in today’s landscape of polarized politics. When my former boss Sam Nunn of Georgia retired from the U.S. Senate in 1997, he said most “people leave the Senate one of two ways, either via the Grim Reaper or the Grim Voter. I choose neither.” I wish more members of Congress would take such an approach to public life.
The lesson is that great work for the benefit of the country and world can be accomplished after congressional service, and in some regards, can only be achieved once freed from the encumbrances of public office. This is why I feel a bit sad that California Sen. Diane Feinstein, who has amassed a historic record of public good, knowledge and judgment, appears to remain committed to living her years out in the Senate.
Feinstein had been powered to the mayoral role by tragic forces of gun violence and hate; that experience fortified a deeply personal commitment to public life and integrity when she came to Washington, to our great benefit. One wonders what sort of impact she would have had armed with her formidable intellect and moral drive if she was unleashed from Senate and political duties to bring her core dedication to substance to bear on the domestic threats to our social fabric.
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