We investigate the long tim behavior of the following efficient second order
in time scheme for the 2D Navier-Stokes equation in a periodic box: $$
\frac{3\omega^{n+1}-4\omega^n+\omega^{n-1}}{2k} +
\nabla^\perp(2\psi^n-\psi^{n-1})\cdot\nabla(2\omega^n-\omega^{n-1}) -
\nu\Delta\omega^{n+1} = f^{n+1}, \quad -\Delta \psi^n = \om^n. $$ The scheme is
a combination of a 2nd order in time backward-differentiation (BDF) and a
special explicit Adams-Bashforth treatment of the advection term. Therefore
only a linear constant coefficient Poisson type problem needs to be solved at
each time step.