I was looking to hear something new and did not hear much at all. I am an independent and have still not made up my mind.
The discussion of our overseas posture was fairly interesting. Obama may have just been prepped better, but although he is not a military man, he seemed the only person there that seemed to know that you should always have an exit strategy before you commit forces in any area of the world. McCain seemed to have forgotten one of the primary lessons of Vietnam.

The discussion of domestic issues by presidential candidates is something I always find interesting. The candidates always talk about the issues as if the President really can influence domestic affairs. This only works if the President is of the same party of the majority party in both parts of the Congress. The reality is that the President gets to express an opinion but has very little influence in the outcome in the Congress. They get to veto or the VP gets to act as a tie breaker. A veto has to be used judiciously since it can be overridden.
So, the idea that the President is going to substantially influence any actions on health care, education, etc. only work if the President is of the same party as the majority in the House and the Senate.

I found McCain's comment about reaping huge savings in Defense Contracting by making all contracts fixed price contracts to be ill informed and naive. The problem is not the acquisition methodologies but the training of the personnel that are executing the acquisitions. McCain's hypothesis about going to fixed price contracting ignored the situation where the contractor spends all the money in the fixed price contract and still delivers nothing. I have been working in large acquisitions for over thirty years and have seen the pendulum swing back and forth between fixed price and other contracting strategies. The real truth is that each methodology has it's advantages in different situations. However, all methodologies are held hostage to the selection of the correct contractor and the ability of the Government to appropriately manage the development (read training, experience, and expertise).