debate episode II: the empire smokes crack

i thought kerry tore bush a new tuchas. i thought bush looked like a spoiled brat sans le facts, and kerry like a wordy statesman. that it is largely being called a draw makes me think of one thing:

but who cares what i thought, let's turn it over to the great factcheck.org: "Both candidates played loose with the facts at the second Presidential Debate in St. Louis Oct. 8. Bush claimed Kerry's health-care plan would lead to rationing and "ruin the quality of health care in America," a claim unsupported by neutral experts. Kerry claimed the Bush administration had forced the Army Chief of Staff to retire for pushing to send more troops to Iraq, but in fact he retired on schedule.

We offer a sampler of the dubious and sometimes false statements made by each of the candidates." -Summary of factcheck.org's post debate review