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Originally Posted by Arles
I took it as "I'm not really confident enough to stick my neck out and debate him on this, so I will agree and move on to something I feel more comfortable talking about".
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I think he may have used it to much, but he used it in an attempt to show that he is not exactly the opposite of McCain in every fashion, which may be attractive to some on the fence. There are some things they may slightly agree on at a high level, to which he acknowledge and then explained his feelings. He could of done it without acknowleding McCain as much as he did but it may have come across that he just stated the same thing McCain stated when McCain answered first. To me, it felt that he was not simply being argumentitive for the sake of it where they did share a common thought. It seemed like in a couple cases, there was a big "BUT" following the statements.
Just my .02 cents.