4. Now ear this.
Self-deprecation was the order of the night at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York, where both candidates donned natty white ties and tuxes and let the roasting begin. McCain got off some sharp zingers at Obama's expense, while the latter couldn't resist poking a bit of fun at himself. “I share the politics of Alfred E. Smith," Obama quipped, "and the ears of Alfred E. Newman.”