Anyone who has been watching McCain's TV ads knows that his kid gloves are off.
This was the anniversary of September 11, so I imagine that he said all of this to keep things pleasant.
I thought McCain did exactly as he said but was very firm when defending Sara Cuda.
Obama, is like most liberals, they are just to impatient to take a round house swing and yell inane insults like a drunken sot in a bar fight.