True, but in keeping with my gambling analogy...the one who plays stupid first gets bit.

Since I'm not here often, let me clear the air by saying that I think both choices suck.  McCain fucked up before Obama had a chance to.  It was just like when McCain picked Palin because Obama didn't pick himmary.  You get to see the other guy's move, and you react.

Failure to so do, causes you to underestimate the lazy, the evil, and those who would control you.  Clearly you've not read the sum total of what I've had to say.  We live in an era of sound bites and "got-cha's"  Dave, on this occasion, and for this moment took advantage of a situation to call McCain untruthful - and won.

McCain was not too smart to have agreed to do the Letterman show - and then to back out with a lame excuse... Were I McCain - I would not have agreed to do the Letterman show at all... No problem with me there, but Letterman is a skilled and smart operative - he knows who his audience is, and he knows how to turn a phrase on the fly...

So while I think Dave is a smart guy - I also said that he was lazy, arrogant, petty, vindictive and mean-spirited... funny you missed those adjectives that I also used to describe him.

Elsewhere on this P&R board, I have also pointed out that letterman, since Carson failed to annoint him as king of late night, picking leno instead, has acted like a petulant child.  Angry and bitter about Carson's decision to go with someone who Carson felt to be more moderate and more like himself....  That is, seeing both the humor and shortcomings of the human condition.

Never think that I agree with Letterman's political position - I don't.  He fails to do adequate homework to defend his political positions - and would rather have it spoon fed to him by others... but stupid?  nope - he is not.  He is incredibly smart - and to fail to recognize that is not good, and as you say, I respect the smart... but not the other parts of him.

McCain, is NOT acting very smart on the financial issues... on again - off again debate - well, that was a great example of not playing it smart.

is that ON HIS SHOW - letterman was able to pull the network feed and show McCain with Couric at the exact same time he was to be with Letterman... someone with McCain should have seen that one coming.

What I think - is that because of Letterman's obvious political bias, and a genuine disinterest in an informed and fact-based discussion, it would have been in McCain's best interest to avoid the Letterman show altogether.  Now that would have been smart.  Going on the Letterman show puts a public statement out there that somehow if you get Letterman's approval - you are ok.... now let's face it - McCain getting Letterman's approval in this general election is NOT going to happen... so why even bother.