Commentators were speculating that the debate line everyone would be talking about at the famed water cooler this morning was McCain’s little jab at Obama, when he accused the Illinois senator of voting for Bush’s 2005 Energy bill that McCain described as being “loaded down with goodies, billions for the oil companies:”

“You know who voted for it? You might never know. That one. You know who voted against it? Me.”

McCain gestured towards Obama, but never looked at him when he made the comment.  It was contemptuous.  Some have tried to claim that “that one” should be seen as some kind of racial thing.  I don’t see that at all; I just think McCain was being snide.  And snide is the word that best describes the John McCain I have seen on the campaign trail.

And I keep asking myself this same question over and over again:  if I did agree with McCain on everything (and I don’t), could I really trust him as president, to get over himself and work with everyone, foreign leaders included, to reach actual agreements rather than taking the “Our way or the highway” model that Bush has demonstrated for the past eight years?

The answer I keep getting is no.  At least not without precondition.  And Lord knows, that should make everything all right, just like it has the past eight years.  Can you imagine a more peaceful, more economically sound world than what we have now?

And to think McCain’s camp wants people to stop talking about the economy!

We have to sit through a third debate before we go to the polls.  I’m wondering if anyone who hasn’t already decided who they’re voting for is really going to get the information they need from another debate.  I’m wondering what a candidate really needs to say at this point, less than a month away from decision day, to grab their vote.

By now, surely we know what we want and what we don’t.  By now, surely we know where we stand on the issues.  And by now, surely we should be dropping all of the smokescreens and non-issues to focus on what’s really important to the country.

Do you really need more “that one” moments by now?