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With only three days until the Election, Senator John McCain poked fun of himself and his campaign’s financial woes on the opening sketch of this weekend’s Saturday Night Live.

McCain, along with Tina Fey playing running mate Sarah Palin, hocked items on QVC, a home shopping network, as a response to Barack Obama’s 30 minute prime time campaign ad.

“These final days have been the most essential,” McCain said. “Barack Obama purchased air time on three networks. We, however, can only afford time on QVC.” (Watch above).

He continued: “I would rather be on three major networks. But I’m a true maverick, a Republican without money.”

McCain offered a line of 10 commemorative plates, one for each of his proposed 10 town hall debates between McCain and Obama.

“They’re blank,” McCain said. “He wouldn’t agree to those debates. Too bad. They’re still nice plates.”

McCain’s skit also featured a cameo from wife Cindy, playing a beaming jewelry saleswoman, for a line of “McCain Fine Gold.”

“It commemorates the McCain Feingold Act and also looks great with evening wear,” McCain said. “Thank you Cindy.”

McCain then offered his John McCain pork knives.

At that point, Fey turned to another camera and whispered: “I’m going rogue now, so keep your voices down” and showed a “Palin in 2012″ T-shirt.

“I’m not going anywhere. And I’m certainly not going back to Alaska,” she said. “I’m either running in four years or I’m going to be a white Oprah.”

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My friends, it’s John McCain, live from New York, just three days before the election. Aides to the Republican presidential candidate said Friday that McCain will make a detour from battleground states to appear on “Saturday Night Live,” the late-night show that has been a must-watch for many during the political season.

Hosting the show this Saturday is actor Ben Affleck, a supporter of Democratic candidate Barack Obama. The musical guest is singer David Cook.

When McCain’s running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, appeared on the show Oct. 18, “Saturday Night Live” earned its best ratings in 14 years. Former star and head writer Tina Fey, a Palin lookalike, has been at the center of the show’s recent parodies of the campaign.

“SNL” regular Darrell Hammond impersonates McCain on the late-night show, now in its 34th season.

McCain last appeared on “Saturday Night Live” in May, after clinching the nomination and while the Democratic primary continued. The 72-year-old Arizona senator joked about his age, saying: “I ask you, what should we be looking for in our next president? Certainly, someone who is very, very, very old.”

When McCain hosted “SNL” in 2002, he mocked singer Barbra Streisand’s political advocacy by performing a medley of her songs.

Obama appeared on “Saturday Night Live” briefly last season but canceled a return for its season opener in September, citing the devastation brought to parts of the country by Hurricane Ike.

Republican presidential candidate John McCain laughed and then froze when asked about his position on insurance companies that cover Viagra but not birth control pills (watch the awkward exchange above.)

“I certainly do not want to discuss that issue,” McCain told L.A. Times reporter Maeve Reston on his campaign bus, the “Straight Talk Express,” in Portsmouth, Ohio on Wednesday.

Reston pointed out that McCain voted against a bill in 2003 that would have required health insurance companies to cover birth control pills. “Is that still your position?” she asked.

“I’ll look at my voting record on it, but I have… I don’t recall the vote right now,” McCain said. “But I’ll be glad to look at it and get back to you as to why, I don’t.”

When further pressed by Reston about the issue, McCain said, “I don’t know enough about it to give you an informed answer because I don’t recall the vote, I’ve cast thousands of votes in the Senate.”

Campaign spokesman Brian Rogers later said McCain will open insurance markets “for greater variety and competition allowing women to choose policies that fit their needs,” the Associated Press reported. “An example is the choice for women to dump a policy that only covers Viagra for a policy that covers their real needs.”

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The hip-hop star met the Republican presidential candidate last month on the set of “Saturday Night Live,” where Jeezy performed his verse from Usher’s hit, “Love in This Club.” During the show’s closing credits, McCain was seen embracing the rapper. “No disrespect to my man Barack, but I [bleeped] with John McCain. He greeted me like a god,” Jeezy, who has endorsed Barack Obama, tells Vibe magazine. “The fact that he acknowledged me was crazy. I said, ‘I’m Young Jeezy, and it’s rough out here.’ He blew me off at first. I was like, ‘Nah, for real. It’s rough out here, so what you gonna do to change it?’ . . . And he gave me a look back, like, ‘I know.’ ”

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Republican presidential hopeful John McCain is the first candidate to confirm he’ll attend the Puerto Rican Day Parade, organizers told The Post’s Sandra Guzman. The Arizona senator beat out New Yorkers Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani, who still haven’t RSVP’d. “I’m sure they’ll be calling soon to let us know that they are coming,” says organizer Carlos Velázquez. Also expected on Sunday, June 10, for the giant parade will be Puerto Rican superstar Ricky Martin, who will have his own float, as well as The Post, which will have a float featuring reggaeton superstars Wisin and Yandel.

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