Here we go...

• McCain: It's "extreme" to include in statutes regulating abortion exceptions for the health of mothers. Who's the extreme one?
• Again, McCain huffing and puffing in the background. Is it just me, or does he sound a little like James Gandolfini in the final season of "The Sopranos"?
• Obama voted against Breyer? Um, I don't think he was in the Senate in 1994...
• More from Ambinder (sorry to steal, Marc): "A Democrat familiar with the party's internal dials: when McCain brought up Ayers, 'the dials sank lower than any answer that we’ve seen in any of the now 4 debates.'" More: "Democrats pushing the theme of McCain's anger as being the lingering impression of this debate so far: One Dem: ' McCain facial's expressions tonight may rival Gore sighing.....'"

Previous updates below the fold...

• That's at least the third exchange in a row in which Schieffer has allowed McCain to get the last word...
• Question: Is McCain huffing and puffing -- literally, not figuratively -- during Obama's responses? I've heard a few weird noises, but maybe I'm just hearing things...
• McCain's "I can't believe I'm losing to this guy" menality didn't work for Michael Dukakis in 1988, and it sure doesn't look like it's working tonight, either.
• McCain talking about the first Gulf War doesn't really impart the idea that he's a candidate of the future rather than the candidate of the past.
• Marc Ambinder gets it right: "Through this very uncomfortable discussion, Obama looks unflappable".
• Note what this debate tactic by McCain is about: Trying to goad Obama to lose it -- which he isn't doing. It's not about getting a message out. It's a Hail Mary hoping to get Obama to have a major league gaffe. Didn't happen. Didn't work. McCain's going to have to cook up a new strategy, because he's got a long road to hoe to get back in this race.
• Obama's associations: Warren Buffet, Paul Volcker, Joe Biden, Dick Lugar... Great retort to McCain.
• Does McCain always get the last word in every exchange?
• McCain really won't disavow his running mate's comments that Obama pals around with terrorists? Really?
• Obama: The American people care less about our hurt feelings than they do about the future of the country. Bam.
• Does McCain want some cheese with his whine? Can someone complain their way to the presidency?
• Can McCain of today really shift back to McCain 2000? After eight years of kowtowing to George W. Bush? Judging by his declining favorability ratings, I'm not sure voters buy it, but who knows...
• McCain does not look good sitting next to Obama on the HD screen -- a problem considering upwards of a third watching tonight's debate are doing so on HDTVs.
• Don't be surprised to hear pundits say it's a good thing for McCain that the debate started off on the topic of taxes. They're wrong, however. Polling from Bob Schieffer's own CBS News (.pdf) shows that taxes are actually a winning issue for Obama, not McCain.
• If McCain is going to try to deliver stories about taxes, it would probably behoove him not to ramble, but rather get to the point.
• Wow. John McCain can say Barack Obama's name...