Republican Senator Bill Cassidy finally said something few dare to say aloud: some of the people who run American government may be too old for the job. “At some point, and statistically it’s in the 80s, you begin a more rapid decline,” Cassidy, a gastroenterologist, told Axios on HBO. “So anybody who’s in a position of responsibility who may potentially be on that slope, that is of concern, and I’m saying this as a doctor.” They say wisdom comes with age.