I know, I know, the Obama Kool-aid drinkers will point to the effective campaign he ran as an outsider, coming from nowhere to win the nomination (with NO help from Party insiders like Kennedy and Peolsi).

Didn't Dubya also run effective campaigns in 2000 and 2004? Running effective campaigns shore made Dubya a fine President.

Is Obama shoveling for votes? Did he have his smoke before or after? What a photo op....

That said, I do not think Obama was referencing McCain's age at all in those comments. Its a noted fact that McCain has consistently misspoken, even on foreign policy issues, supposedly his forte. And he certainly has placed himself on the wrong side of most of the issues according to a majority of Americans. Lost his bearings is an understatement, and it has nothing to do with age.

Go Obama! Bye McCain.....

He should have won in 2000. The US would be rebuilding Afghanistan and have not invaded Iraq for oil and Daddy. Didn't happen.

His experience is based on the past and the future is coming at very rapid rate: The older we grow, the more we depend on the past to make decisions and if you are cranky, unwilling to listen – even to economists when you brag about how little you know ... your time has past.

Ok, you might want to say that age 46 is fine, the most important is the capabilities, not age. Then the same thing applies to McCain. Age doesn't really matter, the most important thing is the capabilities.

In fact, there are many in the world that old leader often are more respected than the younger one. Look at China, the real leader is still Deng Xia Ping who is already more than 90. Look at Iran, the real leader is Ayatolla Ali Khamenei who is already more than 80. In ex-Soviet Union, most of the leaders are very old. People brains are different. Some older brains are more wise and more experienced. Not all older brains are senile. Smart people brains usually tend to not easily become senile.

CNN, if you don't publish this simple comment, take this opinion for you.

I think if you took both candidates and performed personality diagnoses, there'd be no question who's fitter for the office.

Listening to McCain's inability to make intelligible statements over the past several months (whether in town halls, speeches, or interviews) and his changing positions on the issues in many cases, I have become very concerned about his capability of running our country. He does sound confused and definitely out-of-touch with the American people. . . especially our young people fighting in this needless Iraq occupation. It could be his problem is age...or he could just be a very scary candidate to be considered for the presidency. I'll be crossing party lines this year and voting other than McCain.

When McCain said It is common knowledge that Iran was training al queada and sending them back into Iraq and even repeated this even after Sen. Lieberman personally corrected him in the middle of an interview can only be described as being 'confused' – age has nothing to do with it.

When McCain says that keeping our troops in Iraq for 100 years would be alright with him, even though the Iraqi leadership and the American people have stated many times that it is NOT alright with them, can only show that he is 'out of touch' in Iraq. – age has nothing to do with it.

When McCain opposed legislation that would increase benefits and the New GI Bill to help our servicemen when they get out of the service and at the same time supporting torture tecniques that may but our servicemen at greater risk in this and future wars, but supported our troops with good common sense only a few years ago shows that once his bering were with the troops but now has drifted far right. This shows that he has 'lost his berings' he once had for the military. – age has nothing to do with it.

Age is not the issue, his current policy decisions are.

It's not a question of age... it's a question of judgement, experience and credentials. Obama has no track record other than saying "he was against the war". He was not even in the Senate then, and could not vote on it! Once more, just words!!!

we need someone with enough energy to make real changes instead of keeping the country on the same path.

Let's face it... this is 2008 and counting!

Now if you cannot let a 71s old McCain drive your precious family, how can you let him "drive" the destiny of the whole nation and the world for the next 4 years?

Have respect for McCain but vote Obama.

Obama reeks of lack of good judgement and he has no experience in anything except running his mouth off.