The benefit of being long in tooth

I loved this question from Der Spiegel. The answer was exactly right:

"No election is worth my not doing exactly what I think is the right thing. Not a joke. I'm too long in the tooth to fool with this any longer." — Biden pic.twitter.com/FnMUaXrutM

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 24, 2022

I have always thought there was an element of yolo in Biden at this stage of life. He has no further ambitions and I think it’s clear that he has no hope for his offspring to enter politics now that Beau Biden is gone. This is it for him.

Now, maybe his judgment is flawed or you hate his philosophy, that’s fair enough. But you can’t say that he’s trimming his sails for political reasons. And who knows? Maybe he’s gained some wisdom over the years.