TV WEEK is reporting:
Presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who said he is suspending his presidential campaign to focus on the economic crisis, canceled his appearance on tonight's "Late Show With David Letterman."
A spokesperson for "Late Show" said Keith Olbermann, the liberal host of "Countdown" on MSNBC, will fill the hole in the CBS show's lineup left by the McCain cancellation.
Seems since McCain is going to chicken out of the debate on Friday, he doesn't want to do Letterman, either. Judging by how he was decimated on The View, I don't blame him.
update
NBC News is now confirming by text message:
Keith Olbermann will be on Letterman 2nite in place of McCain who has cancelled his appearance.
update x2
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update x3
Ben Smith over at Politico is reporting the debate WILL go on as scheduled:
AFP reports that the University of Mississippi put out a statement saying the debate is going ahead:
"We have been notified by the Commission on Presidential Debates that we are proceeding as scheduled," the statement says. "We are ready to host the debate, and we expect the debate to occur as planned."
emphasis mine