David Letterman Catches John McCain on Tape

The talk show host blasts the candidate for skipping his CBS show...to do another one

By Erik Pedersen Sep 25, 2008 2:44 AMTags

Sen. John McCain may have just lost a vote.

The GOP presidential candidate canceled his appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman on short notice, because he apparently told the TV host he was "racing back to Washington" to attend to the current economic crisis.

Letterman was not pleased. But watch what happens when the host and his replacement guest, Keith Olbermann (who teased this bit on his MSNBC show Countdown), learn that Sen. McCain was at that very moment not racing to the airport.

He was being interviewed by Letterman's CBS colleague Katie Couric. Letterman then proceeds to broadcast the live feed of the interview on his show.

What do you think? Is Dave overreacting, or was this a total blunder on McCain's part?

Via Deadline Hollywood