I ask that in jest, of course, after reading a Howard Kurtz story in today’s News & Observer. The headline? “McCain’s slip-ups stir a debate: Is it his age, or is it his accessibility?” Kurtz helpfully points out that “some critics” are saying McCain is showing his age.

If McCain’s occasional verbal glitches are evidence the 71-year-old is showing an onset of senility, then Obama’s intentional statements show full-blown delusion. Take this one, in which he fantasizes about heading a Senate committee that he isn’t even on: