Last night's presidential debate was one of the most polite and civil debates that I have ever seen. I commend both Sens. McCain and Obama for being able to balance healthy competition and civility. Likewise, Jim lehrer should be commended for moderating such a great debate.
I think that Sen. McCain won the debate by default, but Sen. Obama certainly didn't lose. You can't fault McCain's performance at all, and the only thing that Obama did wrong was agree with McCain about ten times. In a debate, that tatic causes you to lose credibility. Sen. McCain didn't yield to Obama's arguments at all, and that is the only reason why he won the debate.
The debate, although being very professional, was for the most part uneventful. Everyone knew what each candidate was going to say before they said it. That's the problem with good debates, they don't give much to write about.