Republican Presidential candidate Senator John McCain announced on September 24, 2008 that he is suspending his campaign and requesting a delay of the first Presidential debate to return to Washington to deal with the economic crisis. McCain also canceled his appearance on Late Show with David Letterman.
The cancellation gave Letterman a wealth of comic material, as evidenced in this video, “an hour of ridicule boiled down to nine minutes” in which Letterman goes from speculating on whether or not the VP candidate Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is ready to take over the suspended campaign to his discovery that McCain is not in Washington, but rather being interviewed by Katie Couric on CBS Evening News.
Video via: The Campaign Silo – LEAKED VIDEO: McCain Blows Off Letterman For Katie Couric
UPDATE: Here is the Letterman Top 10 List — “Questions People Are Asking The McCain Campaign.”
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Video: David Letterman Reacts to John McCain Suspending Campaign 9-24-08
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