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Latest Fact-Checks By Bill Adair

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John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 3, 2008 a speech in New Orleans
"In just a few years in office, Sen. Obama has accumulated the most liberal voting record in the Senate."
Mostly False
By Bill Adair • June 16, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 13, 2008 a speech in Charleston, W.Va.
"The White House is won in the swing states, and I am winning the swing states."
Mostly False
By Bill Adair • May 16, 2008
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 25, 2008 a posting on the Obama campaign blog.
"Clinton's former pastor convicted of child molestation."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Adair • May 14, 2008
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on May 12, 2008 a news release.
Says Obama called Israel "a constant sore" that infects U.S. foreign policy.
False
By Bill Adair • May 13, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on April 25, 2008 a media availability in Little Rock, Ark.
"It is just a fact that Hamas, apparently the North American spokesperson, is endorsing Senator Obama."
Mostly True
By Bill Adair • May 9, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 24, 2008 a speech at the University of Pennsylvania.
"A year ago, in March 2007, I called for immediate action to address abuses in the subprime market, and I laid out detailed concrete proposals for how to do so."
True
By Bill Adair • May 1, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on April 24, 2008 an interview on the Fox News Channel.
McCain says the price of a gas tax "holiday" would be about the same as "a Bridge to Nowhere (or) another pork barrel project."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Adair • April 30, 2008
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on April 24, 2008 a Web video.
Says Obama flip-flopped on a gas-tax "holiday."
Mostly False
By Bill Adair • April 24, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 15, 2008 a TV ad airing in Pennsylvania.
"Barack Obama accepted $200,000 from executives and employees of oil companies."
True
By Bill Adair • April 17, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 15, 2008 a TV ad airing in Pennsylvania.
"Obama voted for the Bush-Cheney energy bill that put $6-billion in the pocket of big oil."
Half-True
By Bill Adair • April 17, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 13, 2008 a forum on faith-related issues at Messiah College in Grantham, Penn.
Says she is the subject of 60 books.
True
By Bill Adair • April 16, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 20, 2008 a speech in Charleston, W.Va.
"Iraq is costing each household about $100 a month."
True
By Bill Adair • April 1, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 11, 2008 an interview on MSNBC's "Hardball."
Obama says Clinton in 2002 suggested there was a connection between al-Qaida and the Iraqi government.
True
By Bill Adair • March 12, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 5, 2008 an interview on the Today Show.
"We've won twice as many states. We've won a greater share of the popular vote."
Mostly True
By Bill Adair • March 10, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 5, 2008 an interview on CNN's "American Morning."
"I helped to bring peace to Northern Ireland."
Half-True
By Bill Adair • March 10, 2008
VoteVets.org
VoteVets.org
stated on February 25, 2008 a television ad.
"John McCain says it's okay with him if the U.S. spends the next thousand years in Iraq."
True
By Bill Adair • March 5, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 26, 2008 a debate in Cleveland, Ohio.
"We are bogged down in a war that John McCain now suggests might go on for another 100 years."
False
By Bill Adair • March 5, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 28, 2008 a campaign event in Hanging Rock, Ohio.
Obama "only wants your children to have health insurance."
False
By Bill Adair • February 29, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 26, 2008 a debate in Cleveland, Ohio.
Obama "basically threatened to bomb Pakistan."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Adair • February 27, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 13, 2008 a flier sent to voters in Ohio
"Hillary Clinton believed NAFTA was a 'boon' to our economy."
False
By Adriel Bettelheim, Bill Adair • February 25, 2008
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