Forget health care. Forget cap and trade legislation. Scott Brown revealed yesterday that he would pose nude for a magazine again, some 28 years after he bared nearly everything in the pages of Cosmopolitan magazine.

"I'd probably have to do it for mature senior AARP Magazine," the 50-year-old senator-elect from Massachusetts said Wednesday during an appearance on "The Jay Leno Show." "So a little different now."

Mr. Brown bantered with Mr. Leno about his favorite movies ("Rocky" and "Rambo"), his declaration on national television that his daughters were "available," and how he thinks he would fare in a basketball game against President Barack Obama.

"I'll take my daughter Ayla, who plays for Boston College, and we will challenge him on a little two-on-two," said Mr. Brown, a former guard on the Tufts University basketball team, appearing via video from Boston. "I think we'd have the upper hand."

Mr. Brown's appearance was a sure sign that he has officially arrived on the national scene. Others who have appeared on the segment -- dubbed "10@10,"in which guests answer 10 questions from Mr. Leno -- include Michelle Obama, Justin Timberlake and Lebron James.

Mr. Brown's appearance was a chance for him to show that he can poke fun at himself. In the days since his stunning election victory over Attorney General Martha Coakley, the once little-known Wrentham Republican has taken his fair share of ribbing from late-night comedians.

Jon Stewart had lamented on "The Daily Show" that: "The Kennedy legacy goes down to a naked guy who owns a truck."

Conan O'Brien, joking about Mr. Brown's comment that his daughters were available, said his slogan should have been "Scott Brown: Creepy for Massachusetts, Creepy for America."

Last night, Mr. Leno, who grew up in Andover, Mass., joked with Mr. Brown that "we're both from Massachusetts and both known for our good looks."

When Mr. Brown boasted of his workout routine, saying he runs, bikes, and swims five or six times a week, Mr. Leno quipped: "God, that's another thing we have in common. This is unbelievable."

Mr. Brown answered most of Leno's questions seriously, however, recalling how he was once arrested as a 12-year-old for shoplifting records in his "farmer jeans" and was set straight by a judge who reprimanded him and ordered him to write a 1,500-word essay.

"I haven't done anything like that since," Mr. Brown said.

Recalling Mr. Brown's comment that his daughters were available, Mr. Leno asked him if they were: a.) embarrassed, b.) they laughed it off, or c.) got phone calls from John Edwards, the former presidential candidate who admitted to having an affair and fathering another woman's baby.

"I would have to go with b.) they laugh it off. And then they yelled at me," Brown said, sidestepping the controversy surrounding Mr. Edwards.

Brown talked about his love for the movies "Rocky" and "Rambo," and he ventured, at Leno's prompting, a favorite line from the classic story of the underdog boxer.

"Adrian, Adrian," he said. "We did it. I did it."

Washington correspondent Daniel Malloy writes the "Pittsburgh On The Potomac" blog exclusively at PG+, a members-only web site of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Our introduction to PG+ gives you all the details.