This part of the debate, spurred by the question about how the candidates’ personal faiths can clash with their roles in public life, is one of the more thoughtful exchanges we’ve seen on either debate stage so far. It led into discussions of the death penalty, abortion, etc., but I think tonally it was striking to see the two men who have been cross-talking over each other quite a bit, let each other get out their more nuanced thoughts on these topics.