It is not unusual for politicians to pop up on television shows. Richard Nixon appeared on “Laugh-In.” Bill Clinton played the sax on “The Arsenio Hall Show.” But tonight the three leading contenders for the White House go where no Presidential hopeful has gone before. They are going to get down and dirty with professional wrestling.

On the eve of the Pennsylvania primary, Presidential candidates Sen. Hillary Clinton, Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain will be featured in taped messages on WWE’s “Monday Night RAW.” Those messages will air between 8-11 p.m. tonight on the USA Network.

This is one way to get a message to the five million viewers who tune in the professional wrestling program. It just makes a person wonder what kind of message will be presented. Here’s one possibility.

The lights dim in the arena and the snarling face of John McCain appears on the big screen. He’s dressed in military fatigues. His face has been painted with camouflage makeup. He looks like an elm tree with snow on the top branches. McCain points straight into the camera and says, “Call me Commander in Chief. I am here to deliver an executive order to have my troops launch an assault on Clinton and Obama.”

McCain lifts up a metal chair and slams it against the wall. He then adds, “I am going to beat you so hard your delegates will be bruised.”

Later in the telecast, it is Clinton’s image on the big screen. She’s dressed in a Wonder Woman costume.

“Women have been kept down far too long,” Clinton shouts as she pounds a desk with her hand. “I am ready to take on any candidate who is willing to get into the political ring with me.”

She stops, casts a smile into the camera that is so sinister it makes tough men cry. Clinton adds, “Don’t think I am tough? I survived that whole intern situation. You try that with the world watching. If you still have doubts, I am ready to take on either one of you in an Arkansas Razorback Cage Match of Death.”

Finally, Obama’s face flashes across the jumbo screen. He has selected a business suit that features an embroidered eagle across the back. Under it is the slogan “Death before defeat.”

Obama spends five minutes trashing the room. Then, with sweat pouring down his face, he turns to the camera.

“I am the Law Man. Mess with me an I will kick you hard in your legal briefs. There is only one way you are not guilty in my court of political appeal. That’s if you are voting for me. Prepare for a gavel-to-gavel stomping that will leave you courting some real pain.”

The evening ends with McCain vs. the tag team of Clinton/Obama. It follows a wrestling divas lingerie battle. The winner of the political showdown will be announced in a special pay-per-view event in November.