Password/Keychain/Cookies: Safari is not keeping me logged in to my pages

Something seriously screwy here...
Safari will not stay logged in to certain pages during a session. This is most pronounced on sites like Facebook, where I have to log in every time and will be unable to comment on my own wall like 2 minutes later; I have to log in again. And just today, Safari was not accepting the correct login/pass from autofill –- Facebook would not accept the password unless I manually retyped it, and then Safari asked me if I wanted to save it for the site, even though it's already in the keychain! Other sites that usually log me in automatically with a cookie (like Netflix) no longer do so, while others work normally.
This seems like a Keychain issue, no? I've already tried: repairing permissions, deleting the cookies .plist, deleting the keychainaccess.plist, and resetting Safari. Each results in only a temporary fix, and the problem eventually returns. I'm still on 10.5.6 and Safari 3.2.1, (MacBook Pro 2.8ghz) about to upgrade to 10.5.8 and v4. My big concern is that this problem will persist after the upgrade.

Alright, well again I was able to resolve this on my own. Not sure how though.
I started accepting the "Do you want to store this password..." requests and they started to stick finally. Facebook stays logged in now, even after quitting Safari. I've just upgraded to 10.5.8 and Safari 4.03, everything seems to be fine (knock wood). Marking this SOLVED for now.

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