John McCain and Barack Obama sat down with Entertainment Weekly to discuss their pop culture favorites. They don't seem to have a whole lot in common (both love HBO's "The Wire). But both received the same question near the end of their respective interviews:ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: If you could be any superhero, which one would you be?
JOHN McCAIN: Batman. He does justice sometimes against insurmountable odds. And he doesn't make his good works known to a lot of people, so a lot of people think he's just a rich playboy.
Last question, and the fate of the Republic hangs on your answer: If you could be any superhero, which superhero would you be?
BARACK OBAMA: I was always into the Spider-Man/Batman model. The guys who have too many powers, like Superman, that always made me think they weren't really earning their superhero status. It's a little too easy. Whereas Spider-Man and Batman, they have some inner turmoil. They get knocked around a little bit.
On a related note, Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy, who has a cameo in the new Batman movie, disputes the popular theory that The Dark Knight endorses the Bush administration's approach to the war on terror. Leahy tells Think Progress:
Sorry Glenn but that's not just a stretch, it's a hoot. But I do grant the parallels between Superman's nemesis Lex Luthor and the Vice President.
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