Al Franken and His Comedy Writer Thugs Attack War Hero POW Captain America John McCain

Do we really want a U.S. Senator who's in bed with Big Sketch?

Al Franken, the former "Saturday Night Live" star now running in a high-profile Senate race in Minnesota, helped craft the opening sketch mocking John McCain that kicked off the NBC comedy show Saturday, according to two well-placed sources inside the network.

Franken, who hasn’t been a staff writer on the show for 13 years, "phoned in" a spoof of McCain recording campaign ads in an edit booth, said an NBC source. Seth Meyers, the show’s current head writer, wrote it, but the sketch was hatched by Franken, a longtime liberal satirist and comedian.

If you haven't seen it yet, here's the full clip.*

*Spoiler Alert: He has a point of view.