[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Well, this was a foreign policy debate, so I interpreted Bush's answer to mean that it wasn't the appropriate debate to discuss the topic of taxes.

I tend to think Kerry was tipped off, mostly because he answered each question as though it required no time at all to formulate an answer.

[Fatalis]

I am less tinfoily than some here. I think that the DHS issue was probably understood to be included in this first debate and Kerry's comments about it came in his opening remarks which would be logical.