Harry Reid wants to stay, says blind eye forced retirement
By Paul Bedard (@SecretsBedard) • 12/5/16 9:37 AM
Outgoing Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid has few regrets, but one is his injury-forced retirement from the Senate.
"I love this institution," he said. "I wish I could be here forever."
In a profile for GW, the George Washington University magazine, the school alum said an exercise accident that blinded his right eye two years ago has forced him to leave.
Longtime congressional reporter Charles Babington wrote in his story, "If a serious workout accident involving elastic bands had not blinded his right eye two years ago, Mr. Reid says, he would have sought a sixth term this year. But the loss of depth perception seriously impairs his stability, especially when descending stairs or inclines. So he felt forced to retire."
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