William Delahunt (D-Mass.) will not seek reelection

By GottaLaff

Via an e-mail alert from Politico:

Representative William Delahunt (D-Mass.) will not seek reelection, the Boston Globe is reporting. "It's got nothing to do with politics," Delahunt told the Globe.

Another one bites the dust....

UPDATE:

"It's got nothing to do with politics," the Quincy Democrat said today. "Life is about change. I think it's healthy. It's time."

The 68-year-old lawmaker said he has been considering leaving the House for several years, but was talked out of it two years ago by the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy, who convinced his friend he should stay and help President Obama with his first-term agenda. [...]

Once Kennedy died last year, Delahunt said he grappled with whether to stay and work on the issues Kennedy held dear. [...]

But the congressman said he concluded that after nearly four decades in public service, the grueling House schedule was taking its toll on his personal life. [...]

But the congressman -- while declining to name a favored successor -- said he is "confident it will stay Democratic."