The newest casting news to come out of Heroes is pretty intruiging. TV Guide’s Ausiello reports:

Bruce Boxleitner…has snagged a top-secret recurring role that was originally going to be modeled after Sen. John McCain. The character has since been reconceived, and now all I know for sure is that he’ll be sharing scenes with a female series regular.

This makes me excited about watching Heroes again. While I might make fun of Captain Sheridan often, I do really like Boxleitner and I’m going to enjoy seeing him on television again. Plus, after playing the president of the Interstellar Alliance, he’s got experience being a politician.

The sad thing is how quickly my mind start drawing parallels between Sheridan and John McCain…