The leaders of the United States are aging with no replacement in sight amid unbreakable political gridlock, reminiscent of the conditions prior to the fall of another superpower three decades ago, experts told Sputnik.
McConnell s "freeze" was the second time that such an incident has occurred, but it is not the senator s first health scare, either. The 81-year-old senator, who had polio as a child, is the longest-serving party leader.