it won't work – Sessions played this perfectly. For early retirement, McCabe needed to have reached 50 yrs of age (and no more) w/ 20 yrs of service. Today is his 50th birthday, so even if he were hired tomorrow, he would be too old to qualify for early retirement (he would be 50 yrs and 1 day). His next "window" for federal retirement is at age 56 and 9mos. (He is already vested, so he will get retirement, but he has to wait for the appropriate "window" for the retirement pension to begin.)
http://
www.federalretirement.net/fers_eligibility.htm
It's all ridiculous. Has anyone checked out McCabe's assets/net worth? It's an eye opener.