We learn from Michael Silence’s No Silence Here blog that …

On the eve of the presidential election, ESPN’s Monday Night Football game November 3 will originate from the nation’s capital when the Pittsburgh Steelers meet the Washington Redskins. Before the polls open the next day, ESPN’s audience will hear from the candidates when Chris Berman interviews both major party presidential nominees, Republican Senator John McCain and Democratic Senator Barack Obama, during halftime of the MNF game.

Obama on Monday Night Football?  Hey, isn’t that how this whole thing started?

We’ve noted in the past how much we loathe members of Congress getting involved in the affairs of professional sports.  So imagine our anger at this news item:

A group of 13 U.S. senators wrote a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell urging the league to make the games televised on the league-owned NFL Network more widely available.

Among those signing the letter, dated Tuesday, were Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.), the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.), …

The Senate is now worried about sports on pay TV?  Makes me wonder: next time my cable goes out, should I just complain to Specter and Leahy?