Claim: Defends his vote to push "retirement age to 70" by saying he is for "a process" that would not be fully implemented until "around the turn of the century."
Fact-check: Tennessee congressman defends vote raising Social Security age to 70 by saying it won't happen until "turn of the century"
Verdict: barely-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Richard Locker
Date published: 2012-09-17T00:00:00