Barack Obama had some fun with his Secret Service detail this afternoon at a BBQ in Eau Clarie, Wisconsin. “People ask me, ‘Why did you decide to run for president?’ - and I decided that the real reason is Secret Service protection for my two girls as they enter into their teenage years,” he joked at the casual affair.

At 7 and 10, Obama’s daughters Sasha and Malia are a little young for dating, but in four years – or eight years – suitors are sure to come knocking.

When they do, Obama said he’d have one of the “mean looking guys with glasses” keep the teenage boys at bay. “They don’t crack a smile. They’re armed. They’re dangerous,” he said gesturing to the agents donned in suits, sporting sunglasses, and wearing ear pieces. As the candidate and crowd laughed, the agents looked on stone faced.

Obama has had Secret Service protection since May of 2007, and is widely liked by the three details that cover him. The candidate often plays basketball with the agents, and has invited them into his home for meals, including on Christmas Day and during the Super Bowl. Last year for his birthday, Obama’s three details presented him with a United States Secret Service watch that the senator wears daily.

Memphis, TN — In an exclusive interview with Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace, Sen. John McCain said Friday that he will be meeting with U.S. Secret Service officials next week and intends to take on a detail in the coming weeks, “if not earlier.”

“I think that it’s important as we get more and more visibility–that we recognize the inevitable. And so we will be talking with them early (next week) to arrange for very soon, some Secret Service protection,” McCain said on Fox News Sunday, adding that he has not requested a detail until now because “it inhibits my ability to have close contact with people.”

The news comes one day after the Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan told a House Appropriations Subcommittee that McCain is the only major Presidential candidate who has declined Secret Service protection. Sens. Clinton and Obama both travel with Secret Service details.

Wallace’s full interview with the presumptive GOP nominee will be aired on Fox News Sunday this weekend.