From LATimes.com: Letterman chides McCain for suspending his campaign
The Republican presidential nominee was supposed to make his 13th appearance tonight on Letterman’s show, the venue where he originally announced his White House bid in 2007. But he backed out late Wednesday afternoon, saying he was suspending all campaign activities to focus on getting a financial bailout plan through Congress.
During the taping of tonight’s show, Letterman told the audience that McCain had called him personally to apologize for standing him up and said he was rushing to the airport to get back to Washington.
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Things got worse for McCain when Letterman, in the midst of interviewing substitute guest Keith Olbermann, learned that the GOP candidate was actually still in New York. Not only that, but McCain was about five blocks away at the CBS News headquarters, sitting down for a last-minute exclusive interview with Katie Couric.Incredulous, Letterman interrupted his chat with Olbermann to show the audience a live shot on the internal CBS news feed of McCain getting touched up by a makeup artist as he waited to talk to Couric.
“He doesn’t seem to be racing to the airport, does he?” Letterman said, shouting at the television monitor: “Hey John, I got a question! You need a ride to the airport?”
Just saw this on TV. Boy, was Letterman hacked off, especially when he saw the live feed of John McCain sitting getting made up for his interview with Katie Couric.
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It’s like watching a ship wreck. Instead of correcting course, Capt McCain is going around accusing the media of causing the wreck. What other drama will he offer us in the next few weeks?
I wonder if President McCain will schedule a state of the union address and then cancel, only to be photographed going for ice cream.