McCain Scores in Final Debate

I just finished watching the last of three presidential debates between John McCain and Barack Obama. Clearly it was the best of the three and had the best moderator and the best questions.

I was pleased with McCain's performance. He was vigorous and showed excitement and appeared in earnest about many issues. Obama was smooth as usual and displayed his dazzling imitation of a chamelon as he pooh-poohed his extreme positions on late term abortion, charter schools and other issues. It was all a big misunderstanding, you see, he was always opposed to late term abortions (in spite of his past statements to the contrary).

Yes, Obama is slick - too slick, in that he isn't sincere about his past and present positions. He can lie so sincerely, and that is his greatest strength.

Did McCain hit a home run? No, but he did hit a solid triple and is now standing on third base. Let's hope he can steal home before the final out.

McCain improved considerably over the first two debates and should be seen as surging late in the game. Obama was about the same as in the first two debates. Let's hope the impression of a surging McCan isn't lost on the American public.

McCain released this ad following the debate. It's pretty good.