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Latest Fact-Checks In Candidate Biography

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John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 14, 2008 a virtual town hall meeting
"I joined the Gang of 14, seven Republicans, seven Democrats, so that we wouldn't blow up the United States Senate. Sen. Obama had the opportunity to join that group. He chose not to."
True
June 20, 2008
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
Chain email
Chain email
stated on May 19, 2008 an e-mail message
From Obama's book: "I found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and animosity against my mother's race."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 10, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on May 19, 2008 an e-mail message
Obama said he would "stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 10, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on May 13, 2008 a chain e-mail
Obama's wife wrote a paper in college that said America was a nation founded on "crime and hatred" and that whites in America are "ineradicably racist."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 30, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on May 13, 2008 a chain e-mail
Obama's wife said her goal in life was to put the black community "first and foremost."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 30, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 26, 2008 a speech in Las Cruces, N.M.
"I had an uncle ... who was part of the first American troops to go into Auschwitz and liberate the concentration camps."
Mostly True
May 27, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on April 18, 2008
"His true name is Barak Hussein Muhammed Obama."
Pants on Fire!
May 2, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on April 18, 2008
"Obama ... gave almost a million dollars to the (Kenya) opposition campaign who just happened to be his cousin, Raila Odinga."
Pants on Fire!
May 2, 2008
Michael Moore
Michael Moore
stated on April 21, 2008 MichaelMoore.com
During the Monica Lewinsky scandal, the Clintons brought the Rev. Jeremiah Wright to the White House for "spiritual counseling."
False
April 25, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 24, 2008 Philadelphia
"Bill Clinton invited him (the Rev. Wright) to the White House when he was having his personal crises."
Mostly True
April 25, 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
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 16, 2008 Democratic debate in Philadephia
Obama served on a board with former Weather Underground member William Ayers and "that relationship with Mr. Ayers on this board continued after 9/11."
True
April 16, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 10, 2008 an interview with theadvocate.com
"I'm the product of a mixed marriage that would have been illegal in 12 states when I was born."
Mostly True
By John Frank • April 15, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 14, 2008 a television ad.
"He took on special interests and won, passing the toughest ethics law yet."
Half-True
By Adriel Bettelheim • April 14, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 26, 2008 Cleveland, Ohio
"I've spent 20 years devoted to working on behalf of families who are having a tough time and are seeking out the American dream."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 7, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 13, 2008 a campaign event in Robstown, Texas.
Says the difference between her and Barack Obama is "about 35 years of experience."
False
By Bill Adair • February 19, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on December 20, 2007 a TV ad airing in Iowa and New Hampshire.
"I have 35 years' experience making change."
Mostly True
By Bill Adair • February 19, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on January 24, 2008 a chain e-mail based on an article written by Dick Morris
"She flunked the D.C. bar exam."
True
February 15, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on January 24, 2008 a chain e-mail based on an article written by Dick Morris
"Hillary interned with Bob Treuhaft, the head of the California Communist Party."
Mostly False
February 15, 2008
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