Saturday Night Debate Liveblog #5: Caught between Mitt and a Santorum

Talk about it here. Watch it live on ABC or online.

Talk about it here. Watch it live on ABC or online.

6:56 PM PT: Romney says he wants to bring "troops home as soon as we possibly can" from Afghanistan. Of course he also wants to put 30,000 troops back in Iraq.

6:59 PM PT: Rick Santorum says "I wouldn't" send troops back into Iraq. Difference with Mitt Romney! Will there be a follow-up? I'd bet no.

6:59 PM PT: You know, watching this debate, I bet John Bolton is regretting his decision to not run.

7:01 PM PT: Rick Perry: "I would send troops back into Iraq." That was in response to a question from Stephanopoulos who wanted to know whether Perry thought Santorum or Huntsman was right. Gingrich on whether troops should go back to Iraq: "Well, no."

7:02 PM PT: Sawyer says Romney said he would not send troops back in right now. But actually he has. He's taken both sides. But does Sawyer know this? Apparently not.

7:05 PM PT: The only good thing about this debate as that I'm really getting an appreciation for just how unlikeable Mitt Romney really is. Obama is going to crush him.

7:06 PM PT: Rick Santorum: Something, something, "Chicago politician," (audience laughs), something, something.

7:07 PM PT: The Saints are leading the Lions by 3 points in the 3rd quarter.

7:10 PM PT (Kaili Joy Gray): The liveblogging continues in the next thread.