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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Anand Kumar

People have a right to know if aging politicians are physically, mentally fit

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is helped by fellow Republican senators after the GOP leader, 81, froze at the microphones at a news conference July 26. McConnell returned to take questions and said he was fine. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

How long is too long? How old is too old? If you want to serve in office beyond your mid-70s, how should you demonstrate to the American people that you can be entrusted with an elected position? 

These are some of the questions journalist Jonathan Capehart posed during the PBS News Hour on July 28. The backdrop was the growing concern about politicians in senior public roles and their ability to function effectively and responsibly in the legislative arena. 

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