Is wave of lawmaker retirements an argument for term limits?

https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/is-wave-of-lawmaker-retirements-an-argument-for-term-limits/article_6c05e16e-9a1f-11e7-8dc8-df1aba513731.html

Former Senate Minority Leader and current Senate Minority Leader Illinois state Senators Christine Radogno Bill Brady speak to reporters in the state capitol on June 30, 2017. Greg Bishop | Illinois News Network

SPRINGFIELD, IL – (Benjamin Yount, Illinois News Network.  Please click on the link for the full story.  Here is an excerpt below.)

You might think that 20 percent turnover of the Illinois legislature would be an argument against term limits.

But State Sen. Kyle McCarter, R-Lebanon, said the wave of retirement announcements is actually the case for limiting legislative terms.

Term limits “check the motivation why people serve,” McCarter said. “Do they serve just for their pension? Or do they serve for the good of their constituents to change the trajectory of the state?”