When you break a longevity record held by Robert Byrd, you're too old to serve.
Thankfully, the EIGHTY-SEVEN year old is stepping down. When you predate the FIRST Wall Street crash.....you're too old to serve.
https://news.yahoo.com/dingell-longe...-politics.html
Politicians will never implement term-limits or age-limits, and John Dingell is what you get. At least he didn't want to stick around to break Strom "Depends" Thurmond's record as "Corrupt Centenarian".