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Presidential Candidates Barack Obama and John McCain met for their third and final debate on Oct. 15 at Hofstra University, Long Island, N.Y. You heard them, but what exactly did they say? Here's one way to analyze their responses. Below are three "word clouds," one for each candidate generated from the text of their remarks during the debate, and a third that allows you to compare the two candidates word choices. The more often a word was spoken, the larger it appears. Scroll over a word to get a few examples of the word in the context in which it was used. You can also toggle from individual words to two word phrases.