Study puts term limits in a new light: Shocker -- Politicians like power

latimes.com:
"'The record disputes the idea that legislators will return to their pharmacy, return to their farm, return to their law firm,' says Bob Stern, president of the Center for Governmental Studies.

'Once they get into government, they find they are good at it, and they like it.'

Well, not all are good at it — at least not the governing. But they do tend to like the perks and the power."