By Michael Kuhlmann, City Editor Scathing remarks and pinpointed inaccuracies sealed the final presidential debate, which included an umbrella of domestic issues covering health care, immigration, employment and abortion that clearly framed the polarities of President Bush and Sen. John Kerry. Marked by a severe shortage of flu vaccine, moderator Bob Schieffer of CBS News questioned Bush for the cause of it. Bush said the United States relied upon a company out of England to provide about half the flu vaccines, which were producing contaminated ones. “If you’re healthy, if you’re younger, don’t get a flu shot this year,” Bush said. “Help us prioritize those who need to get the flu shot, the elderly and the young.” However, Kerry moved onto a broader topic of health care system to address the same question. He said five million Americans have lost their health insurance over the course of Bush’s presidency. He also mentioned several statistics about uninsured Americans in Wisconsin, Ohio and Arizona. “This president has turned his back on the wellness of America,” Kerry said, “and there is no system.” Bush responded to his statement by outlining Kerry’s health care plan in return, when he said it would cost every family in America several trillion dollars over the next decade without a tax increase. “It’s an empty promise,” he said. “It’s called bait and switch.” As Schieffer moved onto the topic of employment, Kerry poked fun at the president when he stated Bush had taken a $5.6 trillion surplus and turned it into deficits. “Being lectured by the president on fiscal responsibility is a little bit like Tony Soprano talking to me about law and order in this country,” Kerry said. Nevertheless, Bush moved to slash Kerry’s own credibility by pointing out he voted to increase taxes 98 times, in addition to voting against reducing proposed taxes 126 times. “There’s a main stream in American politics and you sit right on the far left bank,” Bush said. “As a matter of fact, your record is such that Ted Kennedy, your colleague, is the conservative senator from Massachusetts.” When asked about the Republican incumbent’s stance on illegal immigration, Bush said he saw it as an economic and human-rights issue in addition to a security issue. “Many people are coming to this country for economic reasons,” Bush said. “They’re coming here to work.” “In order to make the borders more secure, I believe there ought to be a temporary worker card that allows a willing worker and a willing employer to mate up.” Bush also separated himself from Kerry, saying his Democratic challenger supported amnesty. “There are plenty of people standing in line to become a citizen,” he said. “And we ought not to crowd these people ahead of them in line.” Both candidates also had opposing views with regards to Roe v. Wade, the landmark court case which granted a woman the right to choose to an abortion. Given Bush’s record, Kerry said Bush might overturn that court decision by appointing justices who will support a pro-life stance. “The president has never said whether or not he would do that,” Kerry said. “But we know from the people he’s tried to appoint to the court he wants to. “I will defend the right of Roe v. Wade.” Bush, however, said he would not apply a litmus test for selecting justices. Moreover, he said he was opposed to partial-birth abortions and drew out a difference of opinion in his Democratic rival. “It made a lot of sense,” he said. “My opponent, in that he’s out of the mainstream, voted against that law.” Bush further gave several alternatives to abortion such as promoting adoption laws and continuing fundings for maternity group homes as well as abstinence programs. An instant USA Today/CNN/Gallop Poll indicated 52 percent felt Kerry won, whereas 39 percent felt Bush won with a margin error of 5 percent. A non-scientific online poll by www.msnbc.com, which counted votes from approximately 700,000 participants, reported 72 percent and 28 respectively. Bush and Kerry will continue to campaign around the United States until the Nov. 2 election.