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Latest Fact-Checks On John McCain

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John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 26, 2008 Oxford, Miss.
Obama "has voted in the United States Senate to increase taxes on people who make as low as $42,000 a year."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 26, 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."
Mostly True
September 26, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 26, 2008 Oxford, Miss.
"President Eisenhower, on the night before the Normandy invasion...[wrote a] letter of resignation to the United States Army for the failure of the landings at Normandy."
False
By Alexander Lane • September 26, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 26, 2008 the first presidential debate in Oxford, Miss.
House Republicans "weren't part of the negotiations" on the Wall Street bailout plan.
Mostly False
By Shawn Zeller • 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."
Mostly True
September 26, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 26, 2008 Oxford, Miss.
"Senator Obama has the most liberal voting record in the United States Senate."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Bill Adair • September 26, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 15, 2008 a news release.
"Barack Obama has the longest track record of any candidate in this election in support of the 'Bridge To Nowhere.' "
Mostly False
September 23, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 22, 2008 Reading, Pa.
"Last week Senator Obama's running mate said, get this, 'Raising taxes is patriotic.' "
Mostly False
By Shawn Zeller • September 23, 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."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 19, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 17, 2008
On whether the government should bail out insurance giant AIG.
Half Flip
By Adriel Bettelheim • September 19, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 16, 2008 an interview on CNN's "American Morning"
"I said two years ago that the Fannie and Freddie thing was a very serious problem and we had to work on it."
Mostly False
By Adriel Bettelheim • September 17, 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."
Mostly True
By Shawn Zeller • September 16, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 16, 2008 Tampa, Fla.
"I have never asked for a single earmark, pork barrel project for my state of Arizona."
False
By Shawn Zeller • September 16, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 9, 2008 in a television ad
Obama's one education accomplishment was "legislation to teach 'comprehensive sex education' to kindergartners."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 11, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 9, 2008 in a television ad
Education Week says Obama 'hasn't made a significant mark on education,' is 'elusive' on accountability, and a 'staunch defender of the existing public school monopoly.'
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 11, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 9, 2008 a Web ad
Says Obama called Sarah Palin a pig.
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 10, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 8, 2008 a TV ad
John McCain "took on the drug industry."
Mostly True
By Adriel Bettelheim • September 9, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 8, 2008 a TV ad
Palin "stopped the Bridge to Nowhere."
Mostly False
By Bill Adair • September 8, 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."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 5, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 31, 2008
Palin had "executive experience" in the PTA.
False
September 4, 2008
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