Letterman: "When John McCain-- and he was nice enough to call me on the phone, and said he was racing back to Washington."
Olbermann: "Yeah."
More »Letterman: "When John McCain-- and he was nice enough to call me on the phone, and said he was racing back to Washington."
Olbermann: "Yeah."
Letterman: "And our people here were told, 'So serious, he's getting on a plane immediately and racing back to Washington.' And now we've just been told-- here, take a look. Do we have it on the thing?"
Olbermann: "This just in?"
Letterman: "This is going live. This-- there he is, right there."
[TV plays a live interview John McCain is giving with Katie Couric at the same time as the "Late Night" taping]
Olbermann: "Ohhhh."
Letterman: "Doesn't seem to be racing to the airport, does he?"
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