I coulda won re-election...

...if I felt like it. Like a spoiled brat in a snit, the Bugman just had to say "nyah, nyah nyah nyah nyah!" before stepping down.

DeLay Departing on Own Terms

Under siege from state and federal probes into his actions and those of his closest aides and advisers, Rep. Tom DeLay had considered resigning on several occasions over the past four months. But he waited until after he had vanquished his challengers in the Republican primary to deny them the chance to become his successor, associates said.

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