McCain is too old to serve in the Air Force

Before McCain and his surrogates, and the media, feign outrage over a discussion of McCain's age, it is interesting to note that in other fields, including the US military, we have mandatory retirement ages that no one seems to complain about - McCain included. The first person who complains that we're discussing McCain's age needs to explain if they support lifting the other age restrictions out there, on the military, and beyond.

MANDATORY RETIREMENT AGES

Air Force: "The mandatory retirement age for all general [Air Force] officers is 62 (this can be deferred to age 64 in some cases)." (About.com)

State and local police (55-60)
firefighters (55-60)
federal firefighters (57)
federal law enforcement (57)
federal corrections officers (57)
air traffic controllers (56, if hired after 1972)
commercial airline pilots (60) (65)
(source CATO, 2004)