McCain Doing Letterman Again After Mocking

NEW YORK — David Letterman and Sen. John McCain will get a chance to make up.

The Republican presidential candidate is scheduled to appear on Letterman's "Late Show" on Thursday.

It will be McCain's 13th visit to the CBS program but his first since he angered Letterman by canceling last month.

Letterman was unhappy when McCain sat for an interview with Katie Couric instead of him on Sept. 24.

At the time he said he first felt like a "patriot" to let McCain off his commitment to deal with the economy but "now I'm feeling like an ugly date."

A McCain spokeswoman said at the time that because of the economic crisis, the campaign "felt this wasn't a night for comedy."

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Comments

[ngannon]

Please David, cancel him at the last moment.

[rshrink]

Given how erratic McCain has been, nothing is surprising anymore regarding his decisions. This really has nothing to do with Letterman. For him, it is just playtime continued. McCain gets free air time. He can't draw a crowd unless he is with Palin or a celebrity, so why not go on.

[livvyjk]

C'mon. So what, McCain didn't go on Letterman. David Letterman feeling rebuffed must be a joke. He's not a serious journalist.

[TomTheAlmostUgly]

You Republicans have lied with impunity for so long that you forget that people hate being lied to. And Johnny not only lied, Letterman >proved< he was lying, on TV!

Let me guess -- you think Johnny did nothing wrong and Obama should apologize because Letterman hurt poor Johnny's feelings.

[hopefulinvenice]

At the end of the day it's all about ratings. I had hoped that Letterman was different. But seems he's not.

[DCinFrance]

Let's withhold judgment and see what he does with it.

[STEW2949]

McCain has all to lose here and somehow I think Letterman will make him feel rather uncomfortable.

[berrycooda]

Oh happy day... Letterman must be so elated that he isn't being left out in the cold again.

McCain is getting a lot of attention now since he ditched the last opportunity to go on "that show."

All the world will probably be watching.

[OTTAWA man]

EVERYONE!! GO OUT AND VOTE EARLY IF YOU CAN...

VOTE EARLY! VOTE NOW IF YOU CAN! THE EARLIER THE BETTER! ... JUST TRY AND IMAGINE THE LINE UPS ON NOV 4TH...DO IT NOW.

[Pistolopera]

My friendsh, I'd like to request that you NOT watch thish hilarioush mushical tribute to my opponent, a deshent family man who alsho palsh around with terroristsh:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WN_UsOHpKjM

[thundermummy]

It's all part of the "calling Obama a scary guy isn't working and the economy is death to us so let's try with the underdog and jovial John McCain while still have the underlings sow mud and hope the public doesn't notice although the MSM will buy it because they'd rather have a horse race than call us on our B.S" strategy. Don't let him off the hook Dave.

[granitestater]

defining moment for the career of David Letterman. If it's just a "good ol' boy" interview, Letterman crashes. If he grills mccain, puts him on the spot, calls out his hypocrisy, then David will enhance his own career.

[Carolab]

Amazing, to me, that this is to be the night after the final debate. McCain must sure be feeling cocky about Wednesday night!

[obamadeus]

I hope Letterman gets him there and then cancels at the last minute, claiming he wants a guest on to talk about the financial crisis instead.

[Clayton139]

Dave is really good at getting an interview of (THE TRUTH) in a sly but, funny way !
He needs to bring out the truth like he does on really important interviews.
I have seen him do it with idealistic crazys, like Bill O’Reilly !
Dave, go get him and (GET TO THE TRUTH for your fans and the American people), PLEASE !

[scutter22]

Paul Plays as McCain Comes Out
Here's a quarter call someone who cares?
Another Done Somebody Wrong Song

Kiss This

or REVENGE by papa roach

[antbus]

I can't imagine that his appearance wouldn't be cringe inducing. I just can't see Dave letting him off easily. I'll have to record that.

[BandsofBlack]

I hope Dave doesn't let him off easy. But we'll see...

[RobertAndropolis]

Disappointing egregious plug for ratings. Thursday's appearance will, however, also be canceled under some pretext but actually because he did so poorly on the final debate.