Amidst news that John McCain was suspending his campaign, he was scheduled to appear on David Letterman’s late night talk show. After he pulled out, citing a need to immediately fly to Washington to get to work, Letterman understood..ish. Until he heard from staffers that McCain wasn’t actually on a plane, but rather speaking to Katie Couric. Aaand that’s when he really went on the attack.

Here’s a snippet rundown, via Defamer:

:01 – 3:27: Letterman takes fairly tame shots at McCain mixed with genuine praise for the man’s heroism.

3:27 – 6:34: Dave starts getting testy!

6:35 – 9:11: Fill-in guest Keith Olbermann (haha, amazing choice) is interrupted when Letterman finds out about McCain’s Couric interview, conducted at that very moment down the street. Letterman then plays live footage of McCain getting powdered by a makeup assistant before Couric goes on the air.

Other than the fact that the clip is awesome for showing that Letterman, apparently, still has some teeth, it’s even more hilarious that John McCain has this faux-importance he’s presenting to the country. John McCain is rolling up his sleeves (so long as they don’t go above his shoulders since his arms don’t go that high) and getting to work, folks! Nevermind that there’s nothing really he can do. Nevermind that some of his work helped the Wall Street companies in trouble get to this point. Nevermind that his aides have been taking money to the tune of millions from Freddie Mac…no no. John McCain is getting it done.

I seriously wish my life were so cushy. Granted, I don’t do a lot of “work” in the traditional sense, but it just seems counterintuitive that a man hoping to be a global economic player can already go into hiding without even having won the job. I can’t do that in my job. “Hey Chris, write this up for me, will you?” “I’d love to, but I can’t. I’m suspending my work right now…I need to focus on greater issues.” “Such as?” “Uhhhhh…the economy…sucks…so….I’ll be over here…scratchin’ my balls.”

Hmm. I’ve had worse harebrained schemes.