That other Comeback Kid - McCain stays in the fight
By E.J. Dionne Jr.,
NEW YORK
Whenever McCain is up, he has this uncanny ability to bring himself down. He turns in his best performances when he's in danger of losing it all.
Wednesday's debate in New York did not so much decide the election as prevent it from being decided in Obama's favor. It was that important, and McCain knew it. By finally managing, on the third try, to be forceful without being obnoxious, McCain set himself up for one more comeback in a campaign where coming back has been his central preoccupation. Maybe McCain just wants to out-comeback the Comeback Kid.
Obama confirmed that he plans to win on sweeping themes, not specifics.... But Obama also promises to encourage ''Republicans and Democrats to forget all the arguing and finger-pointing and come together.''
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