He only agreed because it's a strategy. His campaign knows that the economy is the number one thing people care about so he won't hurt himself by saying he'll start wars and what not. All he needed to do is seem like a better option than Obama to be commander in chief. Many swing voters are women and therefore according to what analysts said on PBS he wanted to seem like he would be a peaceful secure choice unlike Obama. Also, they both kept bringing back the economy for the same reason voters care more about the economy.

I heard a lot of love towards teachers and Israel. Sad, that hardly Latin America especially Mexico with the whole drugs war going on was not mentioned especially since they are our next door neighbors.