The Second Republican Debate
Missed the debate? The long shots threw some jabs and the favorites played defense. Mark Halperin grades all of their performances
John McCain
Best: Got some of his mojo back. Several answers — especially on twin vulnerabilities of Iraq and immigration — channeled his genuine views and transcended mere debate prep. Sold bipartisanship, hard choices, fiscal discipline, anti-torture, and experience — all his aces.
Worst: Pushback against Romney's attacks on his support for biparitsan immigration and campaign finance bills summoned up the peevish ghosts of campaign 2000. Speaking of 2000: planted seeds of a new Confederate flag problem with another evasive answer that he (probably) doesn't believe.
— Mark Halperin
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