A Debate in Nashville

I've just finished watching the second presidential debate, and Barack Obama won!!! Especially on the economy, he was really, really good – sincere, truthful, and reasonable. What he said was far easier to listen to than McCain, because it did bear the marks of individual thought, whereas the honourable opponent was reeling off the usual stump speech fare. The strongest moments that McCain had in the debate were when he was referring to his service in the army, and even that is no direct qualification for office and it had no bearing on the sense of his arguments. As usual, he spoke in hushed, telling-a-bedtime-story-to-children tones, and as far as logic and reality went, he was totally off. The crack at Joe Biden, when McCain referred to hair transplants (which Biden has, and for which he has been laughed at) in the context of health care, was also unworthy. Biden consistently criticizes his record and does not deliver cheap, personal jabs. Then, after the debate had ended and they were beginning to talk to the audience, Obama reached out his hand to him but McCain did not shake it, so that he quickly shook hands with Cindy McCain instead. Earlier on, McCain referred to Obama as "that one." This man is seventy-two years old, not two years old, for heaven's sake. What is wrong with him?