Debate 1- Testicular Fortitude

I'm a little late on this but I just watched the first Obama-McCain debate tonight and I was gonna comment on how Jim Lehrer (sp?) encouraged them to engage each other and McCain didn't even look at Obama. Then I read this week's Newsweek (also behind the times) and come to find out that McCain's advisers urged him not to look at Obama for fear that it might "unnerve him" (McCain). Seriously, this is a nationally televised presidentail debate. Grow some balls?