Perhaps we witnessed the "Setup" like in the film, "The Sting"

[Summer Hathaway]

9. More importantly, though

(if I may?) is the fact that Obama's team will be lambasting Mitt over the next few weeks in ads and statements, pointing out every lie, every half-truth, every obfuscation, every exaggeration, every skirting of specifics when pointedly asked for them.

Romney will go into the next debate a much weakened candidate, and (if he's smart - which he isn't), will be much more cautious about stating non-facts for fear of the reprisals. And as we've seen so far, Mitt's non-facts and non-specifics are pretty much the foundation of his campaign. He's got nothing else.