David Letterman was beyond pissed off at John McCain for canceling his plans to be on the show at the last minute in late September, leaving Letterman scrambling to fill time. McCain personally called the talkshow host and said that he needed to fly off to Washington and couldn’t appear because “the economy is about to crater” and he needed to take care of it immediately. Letterman initially understood, but when he busted John McCain doing an interview with Katie Couric at the same time he was supposed to be appearing on his show, he was fuming.

To add insult to injury, Letterman noted the next night on his show that McCain didn’t leave NY until the next morning after he canceled. Letterman said that McCain told him in his phone call that “I think people would rather see Sarah Palin, and maybe I’ll send her for you next time.” Letterman made it clear that McCain had insulted him and he wasn’t sure that he would even give the presidential candidate another chance. He said:

“One, suggesting there will be a next time, and I’m not sure that decision is his, and two, that maybe if there is he would bring Sarah Palin and she will come in his place… We’ll just wait and see, is he a man of his word or not?”

It looks like McCain is sort-of a man of his word. He’s agreed to appear on David Letterman this Thursday. I’m surprised that Letterman is even open to it:

After canceling an appearance last month and causing some bruised feelings on David Letterman’s part, McCain is coming back to the Late Show this Thursday, Oct. 16, to face the music, courtesy of Paul Shaffer and the CBS Orchestra.

Considering McCain has appeared on the show 12 times (including the appearance shown above), it’s probably safe to assume the senator and the talk show host will make amends. But there’s always the chance the chat could turn hostile, which would be great for ratings.

[From E! Online]

McCain is not doing too well in the polls, courtesy of that “cratering” economy he mentioned. It may be too little too late for him, but he could ingratiate himself to David Letterman again. The guy had a feud going for 16 years with Oprah, although it was largely thought to be Oprah’s problem for taking offense to Letterman’s 1995 Oscars joke “Uma - Oprah, Oprah - Uma.” That seems pretty tame in comparison to a lot of things you could say about Oprah.

Source: Cele|bitchy