After more than four decades in public life, Tom Daschle does what he wants when he wants.
But that doesn’t mean he is taking things easy. Daschle, who turns 75 today, said he works at least 40 hours a week, runs his own consulting business, the Daschle Group, and serves on 26 boards.
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