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McCain tries to make peace with TV host Letterman
(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-10-17 10:11 McCain said he knew him. Then, after a commercial break, McCain said, "I know Gordon Liddy. He paid his debt, he went to prison ... I'm not in any way embarrassed to know Gordon Liddy." "You understand the same case could be made of your relationship with him as is being made with William Ayers?" Letterman said. McCain said he has been completely open about his relationship with Liddy. Letterman appeared to ridicule McCain about the implication that Obama and Ayers had a relationship. "Are they double-dating, are they going to dinner, what are they doing?" Letterman asked. "Are they driving across country?" "Maybe going to Denny's," McCain said. Letterman said that Obama was 8 when Ayers was 29, and McCain appeared exasperated. "There's millions of words said in a campaign. C'mon, Dave," he said. McCain said he thought Palin would appear on NBC's "Saturday Night Live," where Tina Fey has been doing a dead-on impersonation of her. "Probably get more of an audience than our debate did," he said. Although Letterman had said he felt like an "ugly date" after McCain's initial cancellation, representatives for the two men never stopped talking about a return date. While McCain risked a rough appearance, "I haven't had so much fun since my last interrogation," he said, it gave him the chance to show courage in the face of fire. Letterman reaches about 4 million people a night, a number sure to increase with McCain as guest. With clips on the Internet and Friday morning news, countless more people will undoubtedly learn about their encounter. McCain did offer one campaign promise that he was probably more likely to keep after he left the stage. "It's not the time to raise anybody's taxes, except yours," he said to Letterman. "I guarantee you if I become president, I'll do it. First executive order." |
