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Latest Fact-Checks On John McCain

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John McCain
John McCain
stated on May 17, 2016 a campaign advertisement
"30,000 Arizonans may have no choice" on Affordable Care Act coverage.
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By Anthony Cave • June 11, 2016
John McCain
John McCain
stated on January 27, 2016 a committee hearing
"Today Russia holds many of our most precious national security satellites at risk before they ever get off the ground."
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By Anthony Cave • January 30, 2016
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 10, 2014 an interview on CNN
Says President Obama "has never made a statement ... that he wanted a residual force left (in Iraq)."
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By Lauren Carroll • September 12, 2014
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 10, 2014 an interview on CNN
"(Obama's) entire national security team, including his secretary of state, said we want to arm and train and equip (Syrian rebel forces), and he made the unilateral decision to turn them down."  
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By Steve Contorno • September 11, 2014
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 27, 2014 comments on MSNBC's "Daily Rundown"
Says he holds the record for "most appearances on 'Meet the Press'."
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By Linda Qiu • August 27, 2014
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 1, 2014 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
The five Taliban detainees being released from Guantanamo in exchange for captured Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl "are the hardest of the hard-core. These are the highest high-risk people."
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By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2014
John McCain
John McCain
stated on May 26, 2010 a political ad
As a Congressman, J.D. Hayworth was an avid earmarker who supported such pork as "$220,000 to renovate a Maine Blueberry farm" and "$5.8 million for a Vermont snowmobile trail."
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July 16, 2010
John McCain
John McCain
stated on July 4, 2010 an interview on "This Week."
As a senator, Barack Obama supported "an amendment that basically gutted the legal temporary worker program."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 7, 2010
John McCain
John McCain
stated on February 23, 2009 a White House forum on fiscal responsibility.
A new presidential helicopter "is now going to cost as much as Air Force One."
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By Bill Adair • February 27, 2009
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 28, 2008 Hershey, Pa.
Barack Obama said "people making less than $250,000 would benefit from his plan" then said "if you're a family making less than $200,000, you'll benefit."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 29, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 12, 2008 a television interview
Between 40 and 50 percent of tax filers do not owe any income tax.
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 20, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 15, 2008 Hempstead, N.Y.
"Obama said he would unilaterally renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement."
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By Alexander Lane • October 15, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 7, 2008 Nashville, Tenn.
A mortgage buyback plan is "my proposal, it's not Sen. Obama's proposal, it's not President Bush's proposal."
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October 9, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 26, 2008 in debate in Oxford, Miss.
"He has asked for $932-million of earmark pork-barrel spending, nearly a million dollars for every day that he’s been in the United States Senate."
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September 26, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 26, 2008 in debate in Oxford, Miss.
"You know, we spent $3-million to study the DNA of bears in Montana."
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September 26, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 19, 2008 Green Bay, Wis.
Barack Obama got more campaign contributions from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac "than any other member of Congress, except for the Democratic chairmen of the committee that oversees them."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 19, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 16, 2008 a speech in Tampa
"Obama has asked for $932-million in earmarks, literally $1-million for every day that he’s been in Congress."
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By Shawn Zeller • September 16, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 8, 2008 a TV ad
John McCain "took on the drug industry."
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By Adriel Bettelheim • September 9, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 16, 2008 Orange County, Calif.
"We spent $3-million of your money to study the DNA of bears."
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By Kathryn A. Wolfe • August 25, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 16, 2008 Saddleback Valley Community Church in Orange County, Calif.
"It (Georgia) was one of the earliest Christian nations. The king of then-Georgia in the third century converted to Christianity."
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By Alexander Lane • August 19, 2008
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