Was Dubya wired for guidance during the debate?

Was Dubya wired for guidance during the debate?

Lots of speculation about the mysterious bulge in the back of his suit.

For example: this from Salon:

The latest clarification, explanation or evasion — depending on your perspective on all this — comes from White House Chief of Staff Andy Card. We caught up with him in spin alley here, and we asked him whether Bush was wearing a wire at the last debate.

“If he was, I didn’t know about it,” Card said. “I have no reason to believe he was wearing a listening device at all.” So what was that tell-tale lump under Bush’s suit coat? “I don’t even know what you’re talking about. Maybe people didn’t have very good eyesight.” Was the president wearing a bullet-proof vest? “No, he was not, not to my knowledge.” Some are speculating that he was wearing some kind of medical device, like a portable IV machine. How about that? “Not to my knowledge.”