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Latest Fact-Checks On John McCain

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John McCain
John McCain
stated on February 8, 2016 remarks made on the Fox News segment, Outnumbered
North Korea’s missiles are "not going to have a capability to reach the United States anytime real soon."
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By Anthony Cave • February 16, 2016
John McCain
John McCain
stated on May 24, 2015 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
If you count United States airstrikes against ISIS, "75 percent of those combat missions return to base without having fired a weapon."
True
By Louis Jacobson • May 28, 2015
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 1, 2013 an interview on "Face the Nation"
Fleeing Syria, "a million children are now refugees."
True
By Jon Greenberg • September 3, 2013
John McCain
John McCain
stated on December 14, 2010 a statement on the U.S. Senate floor
Earmarks requested in a federal spending bill included  "$277,000 for potato pest management in Wisconsin."
True
December 19, 2010
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 7, 2010 a campaign commercial
After J.D. Hayworth "was voted out of Congress, he became a registered lobbyist" who was "paid thousands by a Florida corporation to lobby the very committee he used to serve on."
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By Louis Jacobson • June 15, 2010
John McCain
John McCain
stated on May 30, 2009 a Twitter message
"Obama has more czars than the Romanovs."
True
June 12, 2009
John McCain
John McCain
stated on February 25, 2009 an interview on CNN's American Morning.
The omnibus spending bill has "9,427 pork barrel items."
True
By Bill Adair • February 25, 2009
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 7, 2008 Nashville, Tenn.
"Sen. Obama has never taken on his party leaders on a single major issue."
True
By Shawn Zeller • December 3, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 29, 2008 a TV interview
"Fidel (Castro) has made his preferences known in the campaign and had some very unkind things to say about me."
True
October 29, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 15, 2008 a debate in Hempstead, N.Y.
"Congressman John Lewis, an American hero, made allegations that Sarah Palin and I were somehow associated with ... the worst chapter in American history. ... And, Senator Obama, you didn't repudiate those remarks."
True
By David DeCamp • October 15, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 7, 2008 a debate in Nashville, Tenn.
"I have disagreed strongly with the Bush administration on this issue" of global warming.
True
By Bill Adair • October 7, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 26, 2008 a debate in Oxford, Miss.
"The average South Korean is 3 inches taller than the average North Korean, a huge gulag."
True
By Bill Adair • September 27, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 4, 2008 St. Paul, Minn.
"My grandfather came home from ... (World War II) exhausted from the burdens he had borne, and died the next day."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 5, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 3, 2008 a campaign news release.
"Governor Palin is the most popular governor in the country."
True
September 3, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 30, 2008 Pittsburgh, Pa.
Sarah Palin "has had 12 years of elected office experience."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 31, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 14, 2008 a town hall in Aspen, Colo.
The musical Mamma Mia! has "been selling out for years."
True
By Bill Adair • August 15, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on July 9, 2008 a news release from McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds
Says Obama flip-flopped on warrantless wiretapping.
True
By Alexander Lane • July 15, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on July 11, 2008 a TV ad airing Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico
U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan include a "few thousand that are still green card holders who are not even citizens of this country."
True
July 11, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 25, 2008 a Web ad.
Says Obama opposes offshore drilling and a gas tax holiday.
True
By Bill Adair • June 27, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 18, 2008 an interview with Springfield, Mo., News-Leader
"You know, the approval rating of Congress is down to 13 percent."
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By Will Van Sant • June 24, 2008
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