[swilhelm73]

I have to seriously disgree with his last assessment.

The question was a plant, designed to produce fodder for anti-Bush ads.

Yes, it is good for people to admit their mistakes as a general rule. At a debate for the office of the presidency it is not.

You'll note Kerry didn't rush to admit a bunch of mistakes either...

[dementg]

I agree that the mistake question is unanswerable. Unfortunately it seems to be a lose/lose situation. He can't answer the question without giving ammo to the democrats, but by not answering it they portray him as being stubborn. It's too bad the question didn't require both candidates to discuss their own respective mistakes, rather than both of them just talking about Bush. The mistake question will probably be pushed even more in the next debate.

I'm annoyed the media hasn't pressed Kerry to apologize for making up stories about the soldiers in Vietnam. Yeah, that was a long time ago, but that wasn't just some typical youthful mistake. It demonstrated something about his character, and it was a significant piece of how he started his political career. I don't understand how anybody can ignore it, when as far as we know maybe he still thinks he was right.

[Savage Rider]

" He (Bush) allows that he might have made a mistake or two about "meetings."
In that quote Bush said "appointments", not "meetings." I too was a little confused until he later talked about his appointments of people to government positions. See, even clever journalists can make mistakes.