There seems to be a groundswell in the movement to limit the terms of House members and senators.
Every so often we have elected a person who was so outstanding and did such a fine job that our nation would truly have suffered if he or she had to step down, having reached the end of the allotted term under the law.
One can think of Henry Clay of Kentucky, who served decades in the House and Senate. He did much to hold the Union together before the Civil War.
Certainly, if people serving in the House or Senate rise to such position of preeminence that their constituents feel they are truly indispensable, they should be permitted to run beyond the term limits. In this situation such an incumbent would have to secure 60 to 65 percent of the votes, instead of a simple majority.
