McCAIN ON AGE

John McCain had a ready response Monday for actor Chuck Norris, who
said while campaigning for GOP rival Mike Huckabee that the Arizona
senator is too old to handle the pressures of being president.

"I’m afraid that I may have to send my 95-year-old mother over to
wash Chuck’s mouth out with soap," McCain said after feigning anger.

On Sunday, Norris said at his Navasota, Texas, ranch while hosting a
fundraiser for Huckabee, "I didn’t pick John to support because I’m
just afraid that the vice president would wind up taking over his job
in that four-year presidency." Norris, 67, is four years younger than
McCain, who will be 72 in August. Huckabee will be 52 in August.
–From the Associated Press

Analysis: McCain is taking a page from Ronald Reagan’s playbook; using his age and his sense of humor as a weapon to wield against his political foes.  Chuck Norris stepped into this one with both combat-booted feet.  I never would have guessed that Chuck is 67!  Wow!