Corner advice for McCain @ 8:50 PM ET

Just before the bell rings for Round 1, the fighter's corner man gives him a final few words of advice.

"Remember to jab. Watch his left."

If I were McCain's "corner man," my words would by:

"Stay cool. Don't talk about you. Tag him as a liberal."

Of course McCain has to avoid "gaffes."

So does Obama, but we all know MSM's Obama Tank Corps will downplay an egregious Obama gaffe while hyping even a small McCain gaffe.

If McCain can come out of tonight's debate without a gaffe, with having taken the fight to Obama and tagging him as a liberal, he'll have won Round 1.

How most MSM will spin it won't be about the truth.