"Mixed Feelings, Buddy. Like seeing Larry Wildmon going off a cliff...in my new Maserati."

My official, rational, considered position is that Evan Bayh's retirement is a bad thing, given the near certainty that he will be replaced by a Republican with a much worse voting record. My emotional reaction is that it's hard to be that upset about a quintessential centrist wanker leaving the World's Worst Deliberative Body.

...and as Matt correctly points out, his manner of departure itself constitutes a major act of immoral center-right wankery.