The Hill | July 30, 2023
Two high-profile incidents in quick succession involving Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) have put the issue of aging politicians front and center.
But the questions raised around mental capacity and fitness for office have no easy answers.
Meanwhile, the people around those politicians have generally no incentive to nudge them to change their minds.
I find it unacceptable to not demand that our representatives be able to maintain complete cognition . Their actions have far reaching consequences . And we can’t wait for the day when old politicians draft legislation to monitor old politicians.
As one commenter on another site so aptly described it: ‘The boomers are circling the drain’.