‘Strom Thurmond Hung on Until the Age of 101’: Beschloss on Age Limits in Public Service

RUSH EXCERPT:

BESCHLOSS: "Well, I think what happens is, this is also perhaps with some TV journalists as well, not on this program, that some people like these jobs so much in Congress that they hang on. Strom Thurmond hung on until the age of 101, believe it or not. He was enjoying himself at that point, I think he barely knew who he was and his Senate office was being run by a chief of staff."