Powers Boothe=Fred Thompson?

Monday night's episode of 24 was part of the great softening-up to prepare us all for the specter of a Fred Thompson presidency, wasn't it?

(Still on hiatus, but it needed to be said. Also: Ricky Schroeder is sufficiently annoying that he made me forget to be annoyed by the continuing presence of Eric Balfour. I did not think that was possible. Perhaps Ricky Schroeder could join the cast of Heroes and make Milo Ventimiglia bearable next.)