Latest Fact Checks

McCain never talked about the bill

By Adriel Bettelheim

September 25, 2008

 "I introduced a bill that would’ve helped stop the multimillion-dollar bonus packages that CEOs grab on their way out.. (McCain) opposed that idea."

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Iran ain’t Miami Beach, but beatings and killings for immodesty? No

By Alexander Lane

September 25, 2008

"If an Iranian woman shows too much hair in public, she risks being beaten or killed."

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Obama ad distorts McCain’s stem cell position

September 24, 2008

McCain "has opposed stem cell research."

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McCain did get money from Bermuda-connected sources

By Angie Drobnic Holan

September 24, 2008

"Grateful insurance company executives and their lobbyists" from Bermuda gave McCain $50,000.

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Yes, McCain said he would oppose some changes

By Angie Drobnic Holan

September 24, 2008

Obama says McCain went to Bermuda and "pledged to protect tax breaks for American corporations that hide their profits offshore."

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He said it was patriotic to pay higher taxes

By Shawn Zeller

September 23, 2008

"Last week Senator Obama's running mate said, get this, 'Raising taxes is patriotic.' "

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Turning the tables on Obama

September 23, 2008

"Barack Obama has the longest track record of any candidate in this election in support of the 'Bridge To Nowhere.' "

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Fuzzy stand in ’96 does not amount to a plan

By Alexander Lane

September 23, 2008

"Obama's Ten Point Plan to 'Change' The Second Amendment….Ban the manufacture, sale and possession of handguns."

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Yes, and outlaw apple pie as well

By Alexander Lane

September 23, 2008

"Obama's Ten Point Plan to 'Change' the Second Amendment…Ban use of firearms for home defense."

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Obama overstates McCain’s plan, whatever that is

September 22, 2008

"But if my opponent had his way, the millions of Floridians who rely on it would've had their Social Security tied up in the stock…

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Wasilla had the policy, but Palin didn’t comment on it

By Bill Adair

September 22, 2008

Sarah Palin endorsed a Wasilla policy that charged sexual assault victims for their "rape kits."

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Forecasting another market collapse?

By Adriel Bettelheim

September 22, 2008

John McCain would "reduce oversight of health insurance."

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