Well, it's getting some traction, even at the 'McCain friendly' Washington Post:
We interrupt the nonstop coverage of Barack Obama's overseas trip to bring you some breaking whispers about John McCain. He has been making a series of verbal slips -- invariably described as "gaffes" -- that are starting to ricochet from liberal blogs to the mainstream media. And fairly or not, some critics are suggesting the 71-year-old Republican candidate is showing his age. Howard Kurtz - Is McCain's Age Showing? Tongues Wag Over Flubs Washington Post 23 Jul 08
He has been making a series of verbal slips -- invariably described as "gaffes" -- that are starting to ricochet from liberal blogs to the mainstream media. And fairly or not, some critics are suggesting the 71-year-old Republican candidate is showing his age.
Howard Kurtz - Is McCain's Age Showing? Tongues Wag Over Flubs Washington Post 23 Jul 08
So he can't be wrong about foreign policy because he's an expert so he's got to be doddering. OK, works for me...