Rep. Jack Murtha of Pennsylvania—Clinton supporter and unrequited congressional earmark afficianado—notes that both he and John McCain are very old, and that neither of them should be president.

Says the 75-year old, via Politico:

“I’ve served with seven presidents,” Murtha said this morning by way of introducing Hillary at a union conference in Washington. “When they come in, they all make mistakes. They all get older.”

Getting to the point, Murtha said: “This one guy running is about as old as me,” he said, drawing laughter and applause. “Let me tell you something, it’s no old man’s job.”

McCain responds, in an interview with CNN:

“Speak for yourself, Jack.”

McCain’s press office also added their two cents:

McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds said Murtha’s jabs were “nonsense attacks.” He noted the candidate’s invitation to reporters gathered Monday at the AP confab to come out and see for themselves his energy level on the trail.

My new priority in life has become getting someone to send me out on the campaign trail with McCain, where I will continually challenging him to push-up competitions to prove his “energy level.”

Not that I’m discounting the idea that McCain would win, which is totally possible.