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Latest Fact-Checks On John McCain

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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.
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 20, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 10, 2008 a memo on campaign Web site
In 1992, Barack Obama directed "Project Vote - an arm of ACORN that also encouraged voter registration."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 17, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 10, 2008 a memo on campaign Web site
Barack Obama was "a trial attorney for ACORN."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 17, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 15, 2008 a debate in Hempstead, N.Y.
"He voted twice for a budget resolution that increases the taxes on individuals making $42,000 a year."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, David DeCamp • October 15, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 15, 2008 a debate in Hempstead, N.Y.
If you're a small business and don't "adopt the health care plan that Senator Obama mandates, he's going to fine you."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 15, 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."
Mostly True
By Alexander Lane • October 15, 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 Nashville, Tenn.
On the economic troubles of 2008, "really the match that lit this fire was Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 13, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 7, 2008 Nashville, Tenn.
"The Democrats in the Senate and some members of Congress defended what Fannie and Freddie were doing. They resisted any change."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 13, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 9, 2008 a Web ad
"(Bill) Ayers and Obama ran a radical education foundation together."
Pants on Fire!
By Alexander Lane • October 10, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 7, 2008 a debate in Nashville, Tenn.
Obama "voted for ... $3-million for an overhead projector at a planetarium in Chicago."
Half-True
By David DeCamp • October 10, 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."
Mostly True
October 9, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 7, 2008 a debate in Nashville, Tenn.
"I want to give every American a $5,000 refundable tax credit."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 9, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 7, 2008 a debate in Nashville, Tenn.
Barack Obama's plan calls for "mandates and fines for small businesses."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 8, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 7, 2008 Nashville, Tenn.
"1.3-million people in America make their living off eBay."
False
By Alexander Lane, Janet Zink • October 7, 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 October 7, 2008 comment from McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds on Fox News
"Senator Obama has voted 94 times to either increase your taxes or against tax cuts."
False
By Adriel Bettelheim • October 7, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 1, 2008 a radio ad.
"Obama, Biden and their liberal allies oppose clean coal."
False
By Alexander Lane • October 1, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 30, 2008 an advertisement
"John McCain fought to rein in Fannie and Freddie...but Democrats blocked the reforms."
Half-True
By Alexander Lane • September 30, 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
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