John McCain and Kiefer Sutherland: Senator to Appear on '24'

John McCain has been on the big screen with in the hit film, 'The Wedding Crashers' with Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson.  Now he'll team with Kiefer Sutherland on one of America's hottest and non-politically correct shows '24.'

Bauer and McCain

The Arizona Senator will make a brief appearance in a February episode.

'24' has been criticized by some liberals for - get this -its depiction of the torture of terrorists to extract information for Sutherland's character Jack Bauer to save the world.  But just like the nudity and 'R' rating didn't stop McCain from entertaining the "wedding Crashers' that apparently won't stop him from the Fox show.

But he will keep his mouth shut.

TV Guide reports:

Senator John McCain's recent visit to the set of Fox's 24 — yep, he's a superfan — resulted in a non-speaking cameo for the politico. In the Feb. 6 episode, executive producer Howard Gordon tells USA Today, watch closely and you'll see McCain make "a little Alfred Hitchcock star turn" when he hands off a file folder to Audrey.

Jack's old flame will then begin sobbing uncontrollably because 1) she really wanted McCain to win the 2000 California primary and 2) that's what she does.

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Bauer and McCain?  The world has never been safer.  '24 airs each Monday night on Fox.

--Josh Hart