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I feel bad for his troubles, but someone should have suggested that he should not have run. he could easily have arrived at this decision one month before the election as he did two weeks after. His constituents really were without representation for six months.

Of course, it took Gabby Gifford a year to resign but I hardly compare the two cases.

And Ted Kennedy had a stroke on Inauguration Day and was a member of the Senate until his death nine months later.

One can also add that neither Obama nor Clinton nor McCain attended much of the Senate on 2008.

Perhaps members of Congress should be treated like regular wage earners. Paid sick days, disability payments if needed and otherwise unpaid leave of absence.