Rod Blagojevich just can’t stay away from TV! But we think the recently ousted Illinois governor probably learned his lesson after sitting down with David Letterman last night. Letterman was relentless (and funny, of course) as he took on the blown-dry pol. 

"I’ve been wanting to be on your show in the worst way for the longest time," Blago said, to start things off.

"Well, you’re on in the worst way, believe me," Dave replied.

Blago continued to try and make his case that he did nothing wrong, but Letterman wouldn’t let him off the hook, saying, "I saw you on ‘The View,’ I saw you on the ‘Rachel Maddow Show,’ I saw you on the ‘Today Show,’ I saw you, I think, on every other show that is in production currently, and the more you talked and the more you repeated your innocence, the more I said to myself, ‘Oh, this guy is guilty.’"

"Well, I can appreciate your position, but consider a circumstance that might involve your life," Blagojevich answered. "… I can just tell you that it’s a very difficult thing that I’ve gone through, unimaginable, unexpected, unanticipated, and I assert my innocence because it is the truth. And the alternative is to sit in some corner, hide, cower in the fetal position and … accept what people are saying that you did.”

Unlike Blago’s Tuesday night appearance on Larry King’s show, in his 20-minute interview Letterman pounded Blagojevich on details of the case he still faces in criminal court. Watch the beginning of the interview:

You can see details in a full transcript.