Once again, I was pretty bored with the debate between Barack Obama and John McCain.

Didn't Sarah Palin say that “the gloves were off??” Hmmm.... not too many jabs last night, or at least they were fairly benign. I was waiting for John McCain to bring up Obama's "relationship" with Bill Ayers.

Of course, he didn't. Why wouldn't McCain bring out the big guns that he's been using for the past four days? If Obama really palled around with domestic terrorists, wouldn't last night's debate be the perfect forum to present that to the nation?

My theory is that McCain didn't bring that up because he knew that he would trigger a chain reaction. You see, if McCain were to mention the baseless and unfounded "connection" between Obama and Ayers, then Obama would have shot right back with highlighting McCain's involvement with Charles Keating and the Savings and Loan scandal that he took part in during the late eighties.

I have to give credit to McCain here. Every major new source in the country has declared that Obama and Ayers have no association other than the fact that they are neighbors in Chicago and have served on charity boards together. However, McCain's unethical participation in Charles Keating's Savings and Loan scandal is public record. In addition, McCain was brought up on ethics violations by Congress.

The ethics committee concluded that McCain "exercised poor judgment in intervening with the regulators."

In a time when this country is desperate for strong and impartial regulation for large corporations, do you trust a man that has a track record of political corruption in this area?

McCain has said that he regrets his involvement in the scandal.

Don't let your biggest regret be that you actually voted for him.