fighting words

David Letterman on the ‘Squirrelly’ John McCain: ‘I Don’t Trust Him’

8:50AM Kyle Buchanan | As we watched David Letterman tear into John McCain with renewed vigor during last night’s Late Show monologue, we couldn’t help but think that this might make the rumoured negotiations for McCain’s reappearance a little awkward. Turns out, scheduling stipulations between the two camps had already turned contentious, as Letterman revealed when he sat down at his desk. Still, McCain’s loss is Letterman’s gain, because the talk show host gleefully continued to demolish McCain using some of his slyest, most cutting language yet. More »