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David Letterman had a lot of fun going after John McCain for skipping out on the “Late Show” recently to make an emergency trip to Washington for the the Wall Street Banking bailout debate.
Now McCain is going to kiss and make up by appearing on Letterman’s show on Thursday night.
This will mark Sen. McCain’s first return since canceling his appearance on Sept. 24. His 13th visit to the program, it will also mark Sen. McCain’s first “Late Show” appearance since formally accepting his party’s nomination at the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn. on Thursday, Sept. 4. He announced his candidacy for President on the LATE SHOW on Feb. 28, 2007.
In the 2008 race for the White House, the “Late Show” also hosted Democratic Presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama, who visited the broadcast on Wednesday, Sept. 10.
The McCain visit will be a day after his third and final presidential debate with Barack Obama.
When McCain canceled a scheduled appearance at the last minute, he told Letterman that the economy was ready to “crater” and that he needed to return to Washington - but as it turned out, McCain was doing an interview with CBS News anchor Katie Couric. Letterman spent much of his show bashing McCain for breaking the engagement. A McCain spokeswoman said at the time that because of the economic crisis, the campaign “felt this wasn’t a night for comedy.”
Setting a new date was made difficult by McCain’s campaign schedule, and Letterman told viewers last week that McCain’s side was being “squirrelly
