When I got the political bends
Why it can be hard to leave a hard job
Friends,
When I left the president’s Cabinet in early 1997 after over four years as secretary of labor, I felt enormous relief. I couldn’t wait to be back home with my family.
But I soon suffered from a sudden decompression, analogous to what happens to deep-sea divers who come up too fast for air.
Call it the political bends.
When you’re a high governme…
