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Are gone. and in many ways it's the end of ronald reagan in other ways, too. the other thing i'd say is on the checks and balances point is that court, i believe nixon appointed four justices to that court including the chief justice and they ruled against him. and so what we have to continue to hope for is that this is an institution that will continue to obey the rule of law and not the people who put them there. >> my concern on that, john, is that those conservative justices were different than the kind of conservative justices we have now. >> sure. >> and i don't know that a justice thoma...

Nights away from my family and you know what? i happen to love my wife and adore our kids. my life has changed over the last couple years. we're soon going to be empty nesters. i really, really like the work in congress. i really do, but i love my family more. people may try to make it more than that, but it's really that simple. >> in his facebook post announcing his decision, chaffetz said for those who would speculate otherwise, let me make it clear. i have no ulterior motives. i'm confident i would continue to be reelected by large margins. by auns noing now, i hope to give perspective can...

Than when they're in d.c., being important people in congress and in the senate. that's just the reality. maybe a guy like ben sasse is like one of the few exceptions to the rule, that you really get the sense he is happen yet at home in nebraska. but most of the rest of them -- and i never got that sense from chaffetz, but i don't know. maybe there's something we don't understand yet. >> here's the other part of this that i find really strange. so he says -- so first of all, keep in mind he said the reason he's auns noing so early is so there's enough time for other candidates to mount campai...

I wanted to believe it's plausible, but it's basically never been the case that's what's happening. >> it's absolutely nonsense. look, every politician on both sides of the aisle has this hokie line about i'm never happier than when i'm at home with my constituents or with my family. the reality, as you know, chris, 530 at least of the 535 members of congress are never happier than when they're in d.c., being important people in congress and in the senate. that's just the reality. maybe a guy like ben sasse is like one of the few exceptions to the rule, that you really get the sense he is happ...

House oversight committee chairman jason chaffetz shocked the political world yesterday by announcing he will not run for re-election in 2018. >> i just turned 50. i'm sleeping on a cot in my office. i've spent more than 1,500 nights away from my family and you know what? i happen to love my wife and adore our kids. my life has changed over the last couple years. we're soon going to be empty nesters. i really, really like the work in congress. i really do, but i love my family more. people may try to make it more than that, but it's really that simple. >> in his facebook post announcing his de...