Like most voters, The Stiletto has gotten debate-weary by now. The same warmed-over, scripted answers brought to the lectern over and over again, like a leftover tuna casserole that makes the roundtrip from the fridge to the microwave to the table over and over again.

Let’s face it, by now all we’re watching for is that flash of humor to savor, like a bit of truffle that has somehow found its way into the casserole, or the occasional misstep to chew on.

Here’s the truffle from yesterday’s Dem debate (transcript): Dennis Kucinich - who had earlier complained to moderator George Stephanopoulos that the debate questions weren’t being meted out equitably - was dead last in getting to answer a question put to the field on what to do about Iraq, and dead last again in responding to a question by a voter in UT on - of all things – the power of prayer. When his turn finally came, he quipped: “I have been standing here for the last 45 minutes praying you were going to call on me.”

As it happens, Kucinich was also responsible for the most toothsome exchange of the debate, in The Stiletto’s opinion. A voter from AL had this question for all the candidates: “Can you name a major issue where you didn’t tell the whole truth and describe what you left out?”

Like Edwards, who answered just before her, Hillary admitted to regretting her vote to authorize the Iraq war. Stephanopoulos tried to steer her back to the central premise of the question: “But did you tell the whole truth when discussing it?”:

Clinton: Well, as I saw it, yes, you know, similar to John. You know, when the president of the United States says, as he said publicly, and then as people around him said privately over and over again, “We’re going to use this authority to get inspectors back in, “We’re going to go to the United Nations,” you know, at some point, you do have to make that evaluation.And I thought that, based on what he had said and what we were talking about at the time in the Congress, that that would be an appropriate approach.

Kucinich: Were you tricked?

Clinton: I would never have diverted our attention to Iraq, and I never would have pursued this war. I think that has been a terrible mistake for our country.

Kucinich: Were you tricked, Senator Clinton?

Richardson rescued Hillary by recasting the question as being about “past regrets and mistakes,” and making a lame joke that, “I’m making, at this rate, about one mistake a week.”

Of course Hillary wasn’t “tricked.” She just didn’t bother reading the National Intelligence Estimate report on Iraq before casting her vote.

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