We already had a 100 year-old Senator 20 years ago, Strom Thurmond. He was a good illustration of the stultifying effect of gerontocracy on change, too. A man w

We already had a 100 year-old Senator 20 years ago, Strom Thurmond. He was a good illustration of the stultifying effect of gerontocracy on change, too. A man who had supported Jim Crow and ran for president on a segregationist platform still serving as Senate Pro Tem in 2003.