TCP connection not closed before reconnection attempt

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...something like that. Error message:

...
:sbhx_bot!~sbhxbot@192.241.189.15 QUIT :Ping timeout: 469 seconds

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "sbhx-ircbot.py", line 215, in <module>
    irc = new_connection(irc)
  File "sbhx-ircbot.py", line 63, in new_connection
    irc_obj.connect( ( network, port ) )
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 224, in meth
    return getattr(self._sock,name)(*args)
socket.error: [Errno 106] Transport endpoint is already connected