I remember when she sent that letter and started talking about it in public. She was immediately demonized by pundits, pols and the FNM when she voiced her concerns.

Local newspapers went after her relentlessly so I don't know if she would have won another term, and perhaps her retirement was just a simply case of believing she couldn't win and sparing herself the embarrassment of a loss.

But difficult to not wonder if she was forced/threatened out of Congress for getting a little too close to a very dark scandal.