Neutralizing the Age Issue

Friday, April 18, 2008 | 5:00 PM

By William Rabbe

Maybe Ed Rollins should be consulted now that John McCain's age has again been questioned (this time by John Murtha). Rollins managed Ronald Reagan's 1984 reelection campaign and Reagan, at 73 was entering his second term older than John McCain would be in his first term if he gets elected in November, (something that many have failed to mention).

Rollins, as he wrote in his 1996 memoir, recognized the need early on to counterpunch on this issue and the result was the PUMPING IRON of the Reagan presidency -- an article in Parade magazine entitled "How to Stay Fit" by the President himself. See more about this here and here.

I don't know if John McCain has a workout routine, but he certainly has the time between now and November to take the same approach as health will most certainly be a central concern come November. That and a few witty one-liners will probably do the trick.