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Latest Fact-Checks On John McCain

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John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 12, 2008 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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, Robert Farley • October 13, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 7, 2008 in 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, Robert Farley • October 13, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 9, 2008 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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
By Robert Farley • October 9, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 7, 2008 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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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