Cochran’s illness shows risks to GOP leaders of aging Senate

The Associated Press

by AP17 Oct 20171,654

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Republicans coping with a razor-thin majority as they try pushing a partisan agenda through the Senate are running smack into another complication — the sheer age and health issues of some senators.

When the office of the ailing Sen. Thad Cochran announced Monday that it was the Mississippi Republican’s “intention to return…