Chris Dodd was facing near-certain defeat when he pulled the plug on his Senate reelection bid early last year, and to his credit he didn't try to pretend otherwise.
"I'm very aware of my present political standing," he said in announcing his decision to retire. I was reminded of his unusually -- and refreshingly -- candid statement this morning, when Taegan Goddard flagged comments made by Joe Lieberman and Kay Bailey Hutchison, both of whom recently announced retirement plans of their own, on Sunday's "This Week":
"I believed I would have won re-election. Obviously, it would have been a tough campaign. But, you know, as I said, so what else is new?"
-- Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), in an interview on This Week.
"I think that, if I had run, I would have won. It would have been a tough race, for sure, but I think I would have won."
-- Sen., Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), also speaking on This Week.
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