Before heading to three fundraisers in southwest Florida, John McCain this morning bemoaned the "crazy" compressed primary schedule , even as he promised that as the nominee he'd restore all of Florida's delegates to the national convention. He called it "bizarre" to have the Iowa caucuses on Jan. 3. "I mean, we're still recovering."

"I'd restore (Florida's delegates). But I have to tell you I'd also sit down with the Democrat nominee and try to work out a system so we make order out of this chaos,'' said McCain who would supporting keeping IA, NH, and SC as the first elections, followed by regional primaries stretched out over a longer period. "It's now over on Feb. 5, as you know, and we don't the convention until September. It's crazy. It's way too compressed and we've got to sit down and fix it. If the parties won't fix it, then I would suggest congressional action to fix it."

How'd McCain think he did in the debate? "My staff won't show me the bad reviews, only the good reviews, so I'm exhilarated."