One of the reasons we have such bad leaders in this country is that we're not permitted - by decorum, by whatever - to mention perfectly legitimate reasons that certain people should not be elected to public office. Some people are not healthy enough to serve. Some people are not honest enough. Some people are not smart enough. And some people are simply too old and it's long since their time to retire, but they're too addicted to the trappings of power and prominence and they can't or won't let it go. Kelli Ward, who is running in the Republican primary for the Arizona Senate seat now held by John McCain, is now under fire for saying what should be obvious to anyone: Eighty is awfully old for a man to be starting a six-year Senate term. Chances are your mental faculties are not what they once were, and you certainly aren't going to have the same physical stamina. If it's fair to point out that some people are too young to serve in public office - and it certainly is - why is it not fair to point out that some people are too old?

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