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It occurs to me that we need a mandatory retirement age for all Federal office-holders. Congress has leaned to the age of 70 as a good retirement age, based on the Social Security laws.

So I suggest that all elected officials be age-limited such that their term in office ends at or before 70. This means that a House representative is can no longer run as of their 68^th birthday; a candidate for President is blocked after their 66^th, and a candidate for Senator is stopped after their 64^th birthday.

There is a perfectly good reason for this limitation: it reduces the chance of an elected official dying in office and starting a scramble like we have seen several times over the last fifty years. Not to mention mental issues.

Lifetime appointments? They stop on the 70^th birthday, too.

Doesn't stop the over-70 crowd from taking on advisory appointments, so they can continue to contribute if they so choose.

Disclaimer: I'm above FRA (full retirement age) in making this recommendation.