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At Johnny's Age? We get Little Johnny McCain to discuss his aging problems Why maintain that one's age is a critical gauge of when CEOs should retire? If you're old as McCain with a third Bush-like brain, you're the genius our quagmires require. "The lad's younger than I" is not John's panic cry. Unike Clinton he's had less experience. He hasn't flip-flopped 'cause he's not yet been stopped. He's no maverick cat on a fence. "Never caught chicken pox, nor caught using Botox to replace his first wife with an heiress. True, we both like to talk, but my team thinks my walk is a much fairer way to compare us. Who cares if he struts while yours truly putt-putts? Chances are I've already been there. Let the lad have his fling; I must have done something for someone or somebody somewhere. "Who recalls what they did years ago as a kid, or why we went into Iraq? It's too late to bemoan that I've shrunk while he's grown; I'll just boast that we'll never pull back. We all know that's not true; it's what old geezers do to make voters think we've still got it. Yet if you should infer that my mind's now a blur, I'd hire Jimmy Carville to rebut it. "You know what Ken Lay, Bushie's pal, used to say while bamboozling his way to his wealth? It isn't your age that's the critical gauge; it's the stealthiness of your stealth."
Bob Carlson |