Two iMessage Accounts on OSX Mountain Lion???

Is it possible to have two iMessage accounts on OSX Mountain Lion? My wife and I have our own phones with separate Apple IDs for use in iCloud, etc, but share a computer at home. We would like to be able to use the iMessage functionality in Messages without having to switch between user accounts on the computer. I don't see a way to add a second iMessage acount on the computer version of Messages.
Please let me know if this is possible.
Thanks,
Charlie

Hi,
It is not possible.
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