"I got my middle name [Hussein] from somebody who obviously didn’t think I’d run for president,” Barack Obama said Thursday night. “If I had to name my greatest strength, it would be my humility; my greatest weakness, perhaps a little too awesome."

Later, Obama asked: “Can somebody tell me what happened to the Greek columns that I requested?” That was a reference to criticism of his perceived hubris after he gave his Democratic nomination speech in a huge stadium complete with such columns.

That was no campaign speech Obama was giving. For one night on the campaign trail that will lead just one man to the White House, Obama and John McCain took a break from the political mudslinging and slung jabs of a lighter kind. The two presidential hopefuls attended the Alfred E. Smith charity dinner at the Waldorf in New York City. The 63rd annual fund-raiser — chock full of the Big Apple’s elite, including Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY — raised $4 million for Catholic charities. Obama and McCain sat on either side of Cardinal Edward M. Egan, head of the Archdiocese of New York.

"Barack is actually Swahili for ‘That One,’" Obama added, making a dig at his rival, who referred to Obama as “that one” during the second presidential debate. “My middle name is actually Steve … Barack Steve Obama.”

McCain referred to the awkward “That One” by saying: “He [Obama] doesn’t mind at all … In fact, he even has a pet name for me: George Bush.”

McCain also once again brought up “Joe the Plumber” – the average “Joe” from Ohio who has become a political celebrity overnight after he questioned Obama about just how small business owners would be taxed under his economic plan.

"It’s true I dismissed the entire team of senior advisers," McCain deadpanned, saying they will all be "replaced by a man called Joe the Plumber … What they don’t know is that Joe the Plumber recently signed a very lucrative contract with a wealthy couple to handle all the work on all seven of their houses," the Arizona senator added, jokingly referring to his own properties that became the butt of late-night talk-show jokes and political fodder for weeks.

McCain also poked at MSNBC — his nemesis — lamenting the fact that his “old friend” Chris Matthews, the “Hardball” host, found a new friend in Obama, who “gave him a thrill up his leg.”

"We talked about it, I told him, ‘Maverick I can do, but messiah is above my pay grade,’” McCain said. “It’s gonna be a long, long night at MSNBC if I can pull this thing off. For starters, I heard that Keith Olbermann has ordered his own ‘Mission Accomplished’ banner.”

Obama also took a jab at McCain and Sarah Palin saying that he “pals around with terrorists” like William Ayers.

"John McCain is onto something,’’ he said. “There was a point in my life when I started palling around with a pretty ugly crowd, I’ve got to be honest. These guys were serious deadbeats, they were lowlifes, they were unrepentant no-good punks. That’s right: I’ve been a member of the United States Senate.”

And once again, lipstick reared its head.

"I have never once put lipstick on a pig, or a pitbull, or myself," Obama said. "Rudy Giuliani — that’s one for you."

Here’s McCain roasting Obama:

And here’s Obama roasting McCain: