After 16 years in Congress, including two as chairman of the powerful House Oversight Committee, it’s time for Rep. Jason Chaffetz to leave Capitol Hill. An accident that occurred during the W. Bush administration makes his departure not only necessary but urgent.

As the Utah Republican packs his bags, he can only blame himself for his own clumsiness. “Almost 12 years ago,” Chaffetz explained in a statement Wednesday night, “I shattered several bones in my foot which required 14 screws and a metal plate to repair.”