61.   For example, McCain had at first dropped out of a nationally televised debate in Los Angeles on Thursday with Bush and Alan Keyes.

62.   Five days before the primary, Bradley began an offensive against Gore during a televised debate, questioning his integrity and veracity on abortion and gun control.

63.   Four weeks before the November election, the candidates on Sunday night begin a series of crucial televised debates.

64.   Ford might have won had he not pardoned Richard Nixon and had not made a costly faux pas in a televised debate with Carter on foreign policy.

65.   Four years ago a television network in Atlanta made the mistake of restricting a televised Republican debate to the four leading candidates.

66.   Gallagher and Natural Law Party candidate Robert Stowe have been excluded from a series of televised debates between Kerry and Weld.

67.   Free-time supporters say the programming should be considered news, just like past televised presidential debates, and therefore exempt from equal-time provisions.

68.   He also envisioned the prime-time messages as an extension of the nationally televised debates, increasing voter interest and participation in the election.

69.   He even backed out of a scheduled televised debate the other night to attend a fund-raising event.

70.   He had to defend his actions at length in televised presidential debates in the last few days.