There was no talk of eating small immigrant children like there was at the GOP debate (we could cut down on illegal immigration and cut food stamps--a twofer!), but things got testy enough for Bill Richardson to deliver the best line of the night:

"I have been in hostage negotiations that have been more civil than this." In a nutshell, when Hillary Clinton attacked Barack Obama, instead of joining in, John Edwards hit her back.

It makes sense strategically, as Edwards wants this to be a two person race. And it makes sense in terms of what he  has been talking about for the last four years, as his message of "change" (someone should count how many times this word is uttered during an hour of the debate) is the same as Obama's.

In any case, watch the video, as the Democrats let out their inner Giulianis and McCains... 

Update: More analysis of the debate by the fantastically insightful Gottalaff