David Letterman

I'm only going by memory here, but to the best of my knowledge John McCain becomes the first major party presidential nominee to have announced his plans to run for the White House on David Letterman's show.

He announced informally on Letterman last February. He later then held an official flag-waving, bunting and music announcement event.

I remember the joke he made. He said during the interview with Letterman that he will run for president. The crowd goes nuts. Dave shakes his hand. Then Dave said something like, "So that was it? You have announced?" And McCain says, "Well, that was an informal announcement. I'll make it official later. (pause) On Leno." Or something like that. Very funny I thought.

Congratulations to John McCain. And to David Letterman.