Note the obvious rectangular bulge and the imprint of a wire leading from it up to Dubya's collar. Nice. George W. Bush was, apparently, cheating in the last debate. That probably shouldn't surprise anyone. Afterall, this is a guy who has worked the unfair advantage gig his whole life. What is surprising though is that he was cheating and still did so poorly in the last debate. If he was wearing a wire that would explain the odd response to one question last week where no one was talking and he blurted out "left me finish" in the middle of his response. Who was he talking to? Jim Lerher wasn't talking. John Kerry wasn't talking.

You know what would be brilliant in tonight's debate? If Dubya's still got the earpiece in, John Kerry should, in his first answer start with this...

"First, I want to thank our moderator tonight and the people of St. Louis for hosting this debate. Before we go any further though I'd like to ask President Bush to remove his earpiece and transmitter so that we can be certain that he's answering the questions himself and not receiving them from his advisers outside the hall."

If you thought Dubya's grimacing was bad last week, just imagine the face he'd make if Kerry called him on his cheating the way I've outlined above.