Move over, Nellie! There's a new Benator in town:

Affleck spokesman Ken Sunshine said the rumors are baseless, though "he would be a superb candidate for public office in the future. Right now, he's very busy directing his first feature movie for Disney, 'Gone, Baby, Gone.'"

"Can we wrap this scene, please!? I've got a caucus in fifteen goddamn minutes!" (Or, perhaps more accurately: "Can we wrap this caucus, please!? I've got a scene in fifteen goddamn minutes!")

Follow-up: Mark Warner hears the Ben Affleck rumor. Laughs.