Mitch McConnel looked like what you would expect an 81 year old with moderate dementia to look like yesterday. He began his weekly press conference strongly, but after nearly completing his first sentence, he stopped and had a deer in the headlights moment which lasted for at least 20 seconds. He looked like a broken old man until some fellow GOP senators stepped in and escorted him to his office. He returned to the podium a little later and continued as if nothing had happened, but the cat is out of the bag.
This incident raises questions on both sides of the aisle. Regardless how well many of the octogenarians in congress look, the truth is that mental disability and dementia are right around the corner for many. It's time for a look at mandatory retirement beyond a certain age. I would throw out 76 as the cutoff age at the end of whatever term the officeholder is elected to. We have to do something before something like Ronald Reagan's 2nd term becomes our reality.
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