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After New York comes the question: What does Bernie want?
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Hillary Clinton’s victory in the New York primary Tuesday has brought Sen. Bernie Sanders one step closer to a series of difficult decisions that can be summed up in one simple question: What does Bernie want?How he answers that question will have a direct bearing on how united Democrats will be heading into the fall campaign — and whether Sanders will be able to leverage his success this year into lasting power and influence.
His campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination has been more successful than almost anyone had predicted. He has generated a sizable and enthusiastic following, including an outpouring among young people and a gusher of small donations that more than matched the mighty Clinton financial network. His bold agenda has pushed Clinton to the left, a testament to the strength of the party’s grass-roots progressive wing, which has made him its hero.
But as Clinton extends her lead in pledged delegates, Sanders must now confront the reality that he has almost no chance of becoming the Democratic nominee. Instead he must decide what he will do with what he has built — starting with how he conducts his campaign over the next two months, how he navigates the party’s national convention in July, what role he plays in the general election and, perhaps most important, what happens after the November results have been tallied.
At the heart of many of these questions is another one: Will the self-described democratic socialist, who has run all his past campaigns as an independent, continue calling himself a Democrat after his presidential bid ends? (After this article was published online Wednesday, Sanders’s campaign manager said he expects the senator to be a member of the party “for life.”)
Then why is he registered as an independent for his Senate re-election bid?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/after-new-york-comes-the-question-what-does-bernie-want/2016/04/20/f50b161c-06a2-11e6-b283-e79d81c63c1b_story.html?wpisrc=nl_rainbow
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...but I would also add that he loves feeling important and powerful. I doubt very much that he will go back to the Senate and not cause a ruckus whenever he can. He could be a thorn in the side of Dems, like members of the Tea Party. He often went straight for the mic when he came off the Senate floor before. Just imagine a more self-important and bitter Sanders back in the Senate after this nomination is over. 
Because those family trips to Rome aren't cheap 
