The former GOP presidential candidate also praised President-elect Barack Obama for some of his staff choices, including Secretary of State-designate Hillary Rodham Clinton. He shared Letterman's incredulousness at Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
McCain said Blagojevich, accused of trying to sell Obama's old Senate seat, has a rare combination of being, in Letterman's words, stupid and nuts.
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