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America was never designed for politicians to occupy the same seat for forty years. When a senator first elected in the Reagan era can disappear from the chamber for months after a serious fall and still hold a deciding vote, the system is showing its age. The people who sent him to Washington deserve someone present, focused, and fully capable of the job—not an office that keeps running while the principal is sidelined.Term limits are simple accountability. They prevent any one person from accumulating so much institutional power that the Senate starts to look like a retirement home instead of a legislative body. Fresh voices bring energy and a closer connection to the voters who actually live with the consequences of the laws being passed.If this latest episode still leaves anyone unconvinced that we need hard limits on how long anyone can serve, the problem is no longer just one man. It is a Congress that has forgotten it works for the country, not the other way around. The time for delay is over.