At age 69 I cannot deny that I occasionally forget stuff, especially newly learned stuff, while remembering things from long ago; it's a common pattern. I am, however, still capable of remembering what I myself have said and believe.

Recently I've been hearing of a candidate for president about my age who remembers lessons learned about the world in the 1950s and 60s but cannot remember what he himself said yesterday or a month ago. I'm reminded we had a president in the 1980s who slept through cabinet meetings. That went well, leading to 30 years of increasing concentration of wealth and decline of the middle class.

Let's ask Myth Romney what he thinks. You know Myth, he's the man who thinks the Soviet Union - nonexistent for about 25 years - is the major international threat we face, while he's apparently incapable of remembering what he said previously on any issue.

Teasing aside, I have to ponder whether there might well be an upper age limit on high office.