By DON KAPLAN
Last updated: 10:51 am
October 7, 2008
Posted: 3:07 am
October 7, 2008
DAVID Letterman and Sen. John McCain are talking about making up.
McCain representatives and "Late Show" executives are negotiating an appearance on Letterman's show sometime around the final presidential debate on Oct. 15, according to knowledgeable sources.
McCain is expected to be in the New York area that week for the debate at Hofstra University on Long Island.
Representatives for both the McCain campaign and the Letterman show declined to comment yesterday.
McCain ticked off Letterman two weeks ago when he abruptly canceled a planned appearance on the late night show several hours before he was due to appear - claiming he had to return to Washington to deal with the financial crisis. Letterman said on the air that McCain had called him personally to apologize and said he was racing to the airport. But when Letterman producers discovered the Senator sitting down with Katie Couric at the same time he was supposed to be taping "The Late Show," Letterman unloaded on McCain - and has continued to rip the Senator and his running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin, every night since.
In a bid to embarrass the Republican presidential candidate, Letterman even aired an internal CBS News feed of McCain getting make-up applied to his face as he waited for the Couric interview to begin.
"He doesn't seem to be racing to the airport, does he?" Letterman asked viewers. "I feel like we've caught him getting a manicure," Letterman quipped, as a make-up woman dabbed at McCain's face.
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