The Baltimore Sun has a much fairer write-up.

And there’s this off-camera nugget:

The candidates revealed perhaps as much about their personalities off the air as they did on it. During a commercial break, Steele chatted up Russert on topics from an upcoming “fight night” to family talk. Cardin sat quietly, at one point looking over his shoulder and into a crowd for his wife, Myrna, who was sitting nearby. He caught her eye, and she waved. He smiled and turned back to the table.
Both were ready for another round.