Tuesday’s town hall-style debate was the second in as many weeks not to feature a question about Obamacare. In Hempstead, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney were asked by undecided voters about gas prices, Romney’s tax reform plan, Obama’s economic record, Libya, unemployment, an assault weapons ban, and immigration, among other issues.

But just like the week before, during the vice presidential debate, not a single question focused directly on Obamacare, the president’s signature domestic achievement and the source of a multi-year, major national policy debate about the role of government, health care, and insurance regulation.