FactChecking Debate No. 1

McCain did not say Kennedy had been in the hospital and released. Rather, his statement indicated that Kennedy was in the hospital as he was speaking. Yes, it was a cheap political ploy to invoke the Kennedy name and beneath the dignity of the office McCain seeks. Obama had the good sense to leave the subject alone, and McCain would have been well-advised to do the same.
Ted Kennedy's name will not be sullied by your suggestion that things get sticky when it is used. He is the last lion in the Senate, and we will miss him when he is gone.

The absolutely most hysterical part of the WHOLE SHOW was at the end....did everyone see Michelle approach Cindy???? Wow, that was something...It looked like sasquatch reaching down to pick up a Barbie and there for a minute I think Cindy was scared of the angry black woman...You had to love that vision,....Reminded me of King Kong going after the cute blonde chick....ABSOLUTELY PRICELESS...who would have thought?????

just the latest: "...its not nice to pick on wrinkled up old white haired dudes.."

The ageist comments about this older candidate are getting hard to stomach. Racist comments about Obama would not be tolerated, why is this garbage?

Whether or not McCain can out-debate a smooth talking, more arrogant opponent, he has to have more knowledge about what the yaaa to do about most of the country's problems. The fact he actually voted on many issues can't be held against him, when at the same time, someone who voted "present" gets a pass. Phooey.

iceyeyes that has to be the ignorant thing that I've heard in these discussions! If you really believe McCain gave up campaigning for you and I than your a fool! He did an interview with Katy Kuric that night whilst, Palin continued to tour the country, new ads ran and surrogates were out everywhere. You should stop watching FIXED news and do a little research on your own. This is the scary part about voting, people that believe this B.S. get a chance to vote.

Osama promises to put our country FIRST???? Well, why in the hell isn't he in D.C. with McCain and trying to fight for the wellbeing of the American "WORKING CLASS"?????? I think INTEGRITY is the word...while McCain has given up running all over the US trying to speak, Osama has continued on his treacherous path...THIS guy(Osama) is the most dangerous threat to the existance of the USA.....His appearance was a PERFORMANCE and that's all, he is WRONG on almost everything he espouses....you can't take a two year senator and wave a magic wand and give him the knowledge and world view that a 30 year senator has....Osama missed his call,,,he should have been a pastor, like Rev.Wright....He's only in the position, becaue he's black, and he's made himself well known to the black society, all be it bad/good....he's walked on the back of every black connection he could to get where he is, then....like Farrakhan, Wright, he distances himself from them....Hell, he'll throw ANYBODY under the bus, If I were Michelle and his daughters, I'd be very, very, afraid!!!!!!

Make no mistake America...we can't afford another embarrassment for the next 4-8 years. Obama is a thinker who weighs in every thing before punctuations, he is also a man who WILL GET Bin Laden who is still at large despite $1000000000000 expenditure. Plus, don't we want a COOL dude who wears tastefully tailored suits below those COOOOOOOOOOL sun shades? Or do we want Uncle let me take my memory pills so I can think and press the right red button in the Oval office.

McCain correctly pointed out that Obama voted for Cheney's energy bill, calling it a "piñata of perks" for oil companies. McCain correctly pointed out that Obama requested nearly $1 billion in earmarks since becoming a senator.

I am a veteran and I am disgusted by the lies that McCain spews about his love for vets. He has repeatedly voted against increased funds for the VA to support injured Iraq vets and tried to take credit for the new GI Bill that he voted against! Nobody challenges him because of his service but I think it's time that someone does! He has a 20% approval rating from Disabled Veterans of America! That shows how much we love him....what a joke...quit hiding behind your POW status and start to stand up for our vets and stop the false claims." We all know that you know that we don't like you

John McCain???s comments about Dwight Eisenhower were insightful and revealing not only about accountability in leaders but what the United States??? approach should be toward Iraq and to Al Qaida in Afghanistan. John McCain said that Dwight Eisenhower wrote out two letters the night before the D-Day invasion of Normandy. One letter was praising the success and valor of our troops for their successful landing at Normandy and the other letter was his resignation and acceptance of responsibility for our defeat. Whether Eisenhower actually wrote a letter of resignation is not that relevant. The larger point is that we faced tough opponents during World War II and it was not preordained that we were going to win the war. Our war effort and strategy during the early years of World War II was to defeat Nazi Germany and then go after Japan. Remember at that time, it was not a sure bet that the United States was going to win World War II. The United States made preparations for an invasion of California and Alaska. We built the Alaska transcontinental highway from Canada to protect Alaska because we did not know for sure that we could control the sealanes off our Pacific Coast given the strength of the Japanese Navy. In 1941, Germany had not attacked the United States but was allied under the Axis Pact with Japan and posed an immediate threat to the United States. Germany was considered the stronger threat and therefore it was appropriate to focus and beat Germany before Japan was ultimately forced to surrender. Remember German warplanes did not attack at Pearl Harbor in 1941. The strategy is the same for Iraq and Afghanistan. Iraq under Sadaam Hussein had the fourth largest standing army in the world and was arming its army to the teeth with its then roughly two hundred million dollars a day in oil revenue from nearly four million barrels a day in oil production before the war. Just as FDR went after Germany before focusing our efforts on Japan, it was appropriate to go into Iraq before we turned our attention to Afghanistan. With Iraq???s continuing arms purchases under Sadaam Hussein, the loss of American soldiers casualties in wounded and dead would have been greater if we had waited until our efforts in Afghanistan were concluded.

Agree or disagree, but voicing my opinion is my United States Citizen right. I'm an Obama supporter all the way! He handled the debate as a winner and more importantly as our future President. Obama directivemess to the ecomony issues were very strong, though not too elaborate and really what do you expect? The truth is any running President can tell you what you want to hear and we still take our chances once they are President to carry out what they say; 9 times out of 10, they don't. McCain continued to use a stragegy of the "I'm the experienced", but really, why is our country running into to the ground now? We need someone with new/fresh ideas and not someone that has already been corrupted by the government, but I guess as long as his pockets are getting filled, who care? I do. The fact is McCain tried to weasel out of facts that were directed at him by Obama, so I can see why McCain couldn't look directly in his face. As the saying goes, Truth hurts!!

Being an Independent, I signed up to vote for the first time 4 years ago. I was listening to my husband speak about the Republicans, which of course he is. I thought little about my vote and gave it to Bush. Now 4 years later, I regret that vote. Listening to the debate last nigh, I listened to McCain repeatedly say "I don't think Sen Obama quite understands it" as I listened to him speak, I found that he was the one who didn't quite get it. I see Sen McCain in the same boat that Pres Bush is in. I believe Sen Obama DOES get it and that he will be the one who can change the course of our country. It's time for change and enough with the Republican's and their SSDD.