McCain Himself Used to Think He’s Too Old

“Well, in 2004, I expect to be campaigning for the re-election of President George W. Bush, and by 2008, I think I might be ready to go down to the old soldiers home and await the cavalry charge there.” -- John “100 Years War” McCain, asked during an interview in 2000 with The New Hour’s Jim Lehrer whether he’d finally lost the desire to be president someday.

(Hat tip to The Carpetbagger Report.)