Some of those Republicans are older than dirt (LaHood and Hastert are both having health problems. I think that a couple of them served with Methusala. Jindal's the new governor of Louisiana. That makes at least 5 Republicans on your list with very legitimate reasons to step down.
But I'm sure that corruption played a part in a few of these decisions. I don't pretend to know which ones, just pointing out the obvious exceptions to the list.
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