Kerry won easily, but he could have buried Bush if only he would have said this

With one fell swoop Kerry could have carried tonight all the way to the White House. When Bush AGAIN surprise surprise refused to acknowledge any mistakes in his presidency - and made the question an Iraq issue which it was not, at least not specifically, and I believe not even subliminally - and ended by mentioning that he had made some cabinet appointments that he regretted though he didn't want to name names because he "didn't want to hurt their feelings" - this would have been an absolutely perfect moment for Kerry to quote President Truman and say, the President should always declare as Truman did that the BUCK STOPS HERE. Never, never, does President Bush take responsibility for the events under his watch, absolutely never. The buck always stops far,far away from the Oval Office. There is always someone to blame, and he will blame them. Whether it's previous administrations, terrorists, cabinet members, privates in the army, anyone, anyone else but him, President Bush will never take responsiblity himself. He wants to declare himself a strong leader but a strong leader takes responsiblity for not only his own actions but the actions that occur under his watch. And Bush, like a spoiled child (obviously Kerry wouldn't be able to go that far) will spend all of his days pointing his finger at someone else.

The other response that Kerry wouldn't be able to give to this response because it would be patently disrespectful is: "Yes, of course you won't attack them by name, Mr. President - you'll get someone else to do it for you like you always do."