I watched about half of the debate, and McCain did look quite desperate at times. Instead of properly dealing with the questions, he attacked Obama every chance he could. Made him look weak.
The pundits were all talking about how even the debate was and how McCain handled himself so well, yet every poll that every network did (including Fox!!!) showed people were much more into Obama than McCain. It was really funny watching the right-wingers over at Fox trying to dispute their own polls