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...McCain was left with this: "When times are tough, we need a steady hand on the tiller...
...What followed was Obama's sharpest answer of the night. "This is the guy who sang, 'Bomb, Bomb Iran,' " he said of McCain. "He called for the annihilation of North Korea ... That's not what I call walking softly...
...McCain tried to rattle Obama. He talked about Obama's "cronies" behind the collapse of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. He jabbed a finger in Obama's direction and said "that one" voted for a pork-barrel energy bill...
...When McCain's turn came, he leaped in with a table-turning attack. "My hero," McCain declared, is Theodore Roosevelt, who said, "Walk softly, and carry a big stick." He hinted that Obama is as reckless as, well, certain highly unpopular Presidents...
...Obama seized the ball right back. To get control, he had to trample the rules, McCain and the moderator - and he did it all without breaking a sweat. By that point, both candidates had shredded the rules of engagement, despite Brokaw's limp protests. After a bit of verbal jostling, Obama was on his feet and in the clear, once again talking smoothly in his Muzak monotone. Brokaw mumbled sadly: "I'm just the hired help here...