Letterman: Top Ten Joe Wilson Excuses

TOP TEN SOUTH CAROLINA REPRESENTATIVE JOE WILSON EXCUSES

10. "Shouldn't have gone tailgating before the speech"

9. "Ashton Kutcher put me up to it"

8. "Was trying to impress that hellcat Nancy Pelosi"

7. "Thought I was in the audience at Maury"

6. "Uh...Swine Flu?"

5. "I'm an idiot?"

4. "Yeah, I accused a politician of lying. What was I thinking?"

3. "I thought it was a roast"

2. "It's been weeks since a Republican politician embarrassed the state of South Carolina"

1. "Nobody cared when McCain yelled, 'Bingo!'"