Why America's ageing politicians are facing growing calls for term and age limits

The debate over ageing politicians has intensified as Americans increasingly question whether Washington reflects the country's future or its past

Graham’s death and McConnell’s somewhere-in-between state has injected fresh impetus into the ongoing debate about the age profile of America’s political leaders.

It says something about the age profile of the US Congress when the sudden death of senator Lindsey Graham last week sent such massive shockwaves through its ranks. 

All the more since Washington DC had been fixated on whether 84-year-old Mitch McConnell, until recently the most powerful senator on Capitol Hill, was dead or alive — or somewhere in between.