One year ago today.

[gridlore]

In the heat of the Presidential race, Senator John McCain was booked to be David Letterman's only guest. In the midst of the deepening economic crisis, McCain announced that he was suspending his campaign and flying back to Washington immediately to work on the crisis. (This was odd, as McCain was not on the Senate Banking Committee and had no leadership role in the GOP Senate caucus.)

Letterman called in Keith Olbermann as a substitute guest, and what followed may well have tipped the electoral momentum.

The lesson here? If you are going to bail on David Letterman, don't lie about it!

Comments

[fabricdragon.livejournal.com]

i cant view video. what happened?

i dont have a TV you see. havent for over 10 years

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

While Keith was on the air, they found that McCain hadn't left New York at all.. he hadn't even left the CBS studios! They pulled up a live feed from the CBS News set of McCain getting made up for an interview.

Letterman went off on McCain, and continued for the next few nights. A late-night snub became a big story.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2008/09/letterman-chide.html