Latest Fact Checks By Alexander Lane

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What a difference eight months makes

July 15, 2008
Says Obama flip-flopped on warrantless wiretapping.
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No consensus on Iran’s nuke program

July 7, 2008
"The Iranians continue – in the view of every objective observer – continue to pursue the acquisition of nuclear weapons."
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Number stands up, even if other details don’t

June 30, 2008
"The most recent Associated Press poll has Nader-Gonzalez at 6 percent, without any national coverage, against McCain and Obama."
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Nader almost said Gore=Bush, but not quite

June 30, 2008
"I didn't say" it doesn't really matter whether Gore or Bush is president.
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Obama hasn’t backed censure for Bush

June 30, 2008
"He won't even support his colleague's ... motion to censure the Bush administration for systemic repeated illegal wiretaps."
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‘Paid for’ without real money

June 25, 2008
"These steps (a middle-class tax cut, national health care plan, foreclosure prevention fund, Social Security fix and more) are all paid for."
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Two wrongs don’t make a right

June 11, 2008
Sen. Obama wants to "enact the single largest tax increase since the Second World War."
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McCain overstates good news out of Iraq

June 6, 2008
"Casualties and deaths are at (their) lowest point since literally the beginning" of the war.
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McCain’s off on Iraq details

June 2, 2008
"We have drawn down to presurge levels. Basra, Mosul and now Sadr City are quiet and it's long and it's tough and there will be…
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Obama goes too far to make his point

May 21, 2008
A gas tax holiday is a gimmick that "every economist says will just go into the pockets of the oil companies."
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