LOS ANGELES _ Brightly wrapped presents, holiday cheer and a crackling discussion of health care and income inequality.
Democrats certainly know how to celebrate the spirit of the season!
On Thursday night, seven of the party's White House hopefuls laid aside notions of peace on Earth and goodwill toward man _ and woman _ to joust in the year's sixth and final presidential debate, a testy back-and-forth on the campus of Los Angeles' Loyola Marymount University.
As the year winds down and the first balloting _ on Feb. 3 in Iowa _ rapidly approaches, here are five takeaways from the evening's antidote to all that gauzy yuletide sentiment.
