WASHINGTON met the stunning announcement by Rep. Bill Paxon (R., N.Y.) that he would resign his seat at the end of the year with disbelief. His apparently sincere desire to spend more time with his wife and small daughter was dismissed as incredible by colleagues with different priorities. “I have young kids too,” one Member of Congress declared. “There must be more more to it.”
Paxon’s colleagues couldn’t fathom that the talented 43-year-old, who has held public office ever since he graduated from college, would leave his safe House seat and vow never to run for office again, “not even for dog warden.”
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