We just got the CNN transcript from the first half of the debate. They omit Anderson Cooper’s first response to Giuliani’s answer on the Politico story today—”Great.”

This is what we got:

COOPER: We have asked all the campaigns,

This is what we have him saying:

COOPER: Great. We have asked all the campaigns,

Are they playing fast and loose with the transcript because of the awkward answer or did they omit it accidentally?

Full CNN transcript…

COOPER: Since we’re on fiscal matters, I would be remiss if I didn’t ask this question, since it did just break a couple hours ago.

This is to Mayor Giuliani. Politico broke a story a few hours ago questioning your accounting of taxpayer dollars as mayor.

They say that as mayor, the report says you took trips to the Hamptons and expensed the cost of your police detail to obscure city offices.

COOPER: One, is that true? And, if so, was it appropriate?

GIULIANI: First of all, it’s not true. I had 24-hour security for the eight years that I was mayor. They followed me everyplace I went. It was because there were, you know, threats, threats that I don’t generally talk about. Some have become public recently; most of them haven’t.

And they took care of me, and they put in their records, and they handled them in the way they handled them. I had nothing to do with the handling of their records, and they were handled, as far as I know, perfectly appropriately.

COOPER: We have asked all the campaigns, we should point out, to submit 30-second or so campaign-style videos, YouTube-style videos.

It was open to them to do it in any format they wanted.