Senator Patrick Leahy, Democrat from Vermont, has a small role in the upcoming Batman movie titled The Dark Knight.

The longtime Batman fan would reveal little about his role other than he is called the “distinguished gentleman.”

“It’s a pretty tense scene,” said Leahy, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. “It’s going to be a very interesting one.”

Out of the 2008 Presidential candidates (Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Fred Thompson, Rudy Guiliani, John McCain) who would be best to play Batman and the Joker?