any moment spent admonishing McCain

hitting him with a stick.  I originally had "with rusty nails sticking out of it" in my comment but I took that out.

...it seems likely that the voters will pull tonight's conversation back to issues that matter most to them, like the economy, health care and education.

Questions posted on the Internet for the debate show that voters are intensely interested in what the candidates will do to shore up the tanking financial system.

I'm assuming that some of the questions will be about healthcare -- it's certain an economic issue.  McCain claims that Obama is lying about his healthcare plan, but another article in the NYT indicates that even businesses are not crazy about it:

For some workers, depending on their tax bracket and insurance costs, the new tax credits would exceed the value of the tax exclusion, making the swap profitable. But with the average employer-sponsored family policy costing $12,680 this year, other workers would find the exchange a losing proposition. They would either have to spend more, reduce their coverage or persuade employers to make up the difference.

Officials with eight business trade groups contacted by The New York Times predicted the McCain plan would raise costs and force some employers to stop providing health benefits.

A recent survey of 187 corporate executives by the American Benefits Council and Miller & Chevalier, a consulting firm, found that three-fourths felt the repeal of the tax exclusion would have a "strong negative impact" on their workers. Only 4 percent said they would provide additional pay to fill any gaps.

John J. Castellani, president of the Business Roundtable, an association of leading chief executive officers, said his group instead supported extending the tax exclusion to those who bought coverage on their own.

"One of the things we don't want to do," Mr. Castellani said, "is jeopardize 170 million Americans who do get insurance through their employers."

A number of business officials are worried that Mr. McCain's tax credits would lure young and healthy workers into the individual market to take advantage of cheaper, less-generous policies. That, they say, would leave employers to cover an older and sicker pool of workers, forcing up premiums.

Workers who found that they had less buying power with the tax credits than with the tax exclusion could be expected to pressure employers to raise salaries or benefit subsidies, the business officials said.

the last 8 years they decided to play empire and occupy two countries.

the last 8 years they continued a devastating tyrannical war against their own people.

PALIN: Patriotic is saying, government, you know, you're not always the solution. In fact, too often you're the problem...

PALIN: Just everyday working class Americans saying, you know, government, just get out of my way.

PALIN: Our economy is hurting and the federal government has not provided the sound oversight that we need and that we deserve...

PALIN: We need to make sure that we demand from the federal government strict oversight...

First reaction:  almost none really

Second reaction: after reading your comment, a nod of "okay, good.  He's coming around."

Third reaction:  Oh.  He's only advocating a study.  And he's only encouraging Treasury.  What about his staff?  Is he studying it also?  Surely there are existing studies that are related.  Has he read them?  Does he have any opinion on it at all?