Joe Biden and Mitch McConnell struck up a friendship during their nearly quarter-century in the Senate together. Now in their 80s, the Democratic president and the Senate GOP leader appear to be giving political cover to each other as they fend off questions about their advanced age and health issues.

Notably, McConnell, R-Ky., 81, hasn’t joined Donald Trump, 77, and other Republicans who have attacked Biden’s age, health and mental acuity as he seeks re-election.

And after McConnell’s second freeze-up last week, Biden was one of the first to call McConnell, telling reporters that his “friend” sounded like “his old self” and that such episodes are a “part of his recovery” from a fall and a concussion this year.

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    experience is far less valuable in the age of information

    Oh ya? Brings to mind this maxim, “there’s no substitute for experience like being 16”

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      Hello, I don’t think I’m understanding the maxim correctly. Does it mean that the boldness of youth is better than experience or the other way around?

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        I take it to mean a 16 year old thinks they know everything and have the whole world figured out.