Well, the predicted attack-fest did not materialize.

But the debate this morning was still very interesting. There was a continuation of the Clinton-Obama-Edwards tussle over accepting money from lobbyists; more back-and-forth about the Iraq war and what to do now; an extended exploration of whether Obama has enough experience; a frank statement from John Edwards about the limited power of prayer; and, toward the end, a fly that landed on the hair of Chris Dodd as he was making his last remarks, prompting a brief debate in the press room: Did Dodd’s failure to swat at the fly show remarkable poise, or a remarkable amount of hairspray?

I’ll post more about the debate later, but first I want to fast-forward to the post-debate spin room, where I had some interesting conversations.