DALLAS — First elected in 2004, Congressman Michael McCaul, R-10th District, says it is finally time to move on to the next chapter in his life after he finishes his 11th term in Congress.

Rep. McCaul served as chairman of two different committees during his tenure (Homeland Security and Foreign Affairs), a remarkable accomplishment for any lawmaker. But term limits prevented McCaul from serving as chair again, and he says he didn’t want to go back to being “just a rank-and-filer.”

“You’ve got three options to leave Congress: you can die, you can lose, or you go out on top. And I prefer door number 3, go out on top,” McCaul told us on Inside Texas Politics . “I’ve seen in my tenure up here former chairmen who just quite frankly stay up here too long and they’re not happy.”

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