Using different retirement ages is not comparing apples to apples. That is assuming one very big variable, that retirement age will never come up again. It is highly probable that retirement issue will definitely come up again.
Compare both retiring at 55 or both at 65, or even cos99 Bscale to 55, then freighter to 65 against cos08 to 65. There are still guys getting extended, so don't think for a second that if everyone where to vote down COS08 it would come to a grinding halt.
Otherwise you are just using up web-space