I don’t see how he “controlled the debate.”
On the CNBC stream: McCain’s talking about the line-item veto, how he supports it and wishes he could have answered that Q during the debate.
Because he did not have to WOW anybody and he did'nt, to show his that merely his presence on the stage makes him equally competitive with the "frontrunners" Giuliani and Romney.
Of course we all know that internet polls are scientific, and there is no chance that there is any double-voting spamming of the polls going on.. /sarcasm>