Edward Washington II first set out to become a circuit judge by asking voters to “please” elect him to the bench.But on Thursday, Washington brought family and some of his closest colleagues together at the Daley Center to say “thanks.” Washington retired today after serving 15 years with the Cook County Circuit Court.“I’m saying goodbye to what was a job and opportunity of a lifetime, and I hope that I’m only right in that I will find something else that will give me the same type …