Politico: If Dems lose, blame Harkin, Johnson, Baucus, Levin, and Rockefeller

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To me the argument makes no sense in a representative democracy. Essentially it says that a politicians job is primarily to protect their party's majority. That's the same argument that leads to gerrymandered districts. How about considering that a politician should serve the public interest and if they feel that age, health, family or any other factor leads them to believe that the public is better served with a new representative then retirement is an appropriate decision.