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Latest Fact-Checks On John McCain

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John McCain
John McCain
stated on February 6, 2008 a TV ad airing in Virginia, the District of Columbia and Maryland
"One man sacrificed for his country. One man opposed a flawed strategy in Iraq. One man had the courage to call for change. One man didn't play politics with the truth. One man stands up to the special interests."
True
February 7, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on February 3, 2008 an interview on "Face the Nation"
In the Florida Republican primary, "we got a very large percentage of the, quote, conservative vote."
Mostly False
February 5, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on February 3, 2008 a campaign event in Fairfield, Conn.
"In her short time in the United States Senate, the senator from New York, Senator Clinton, got $500-million worth of pork barrel projects."
Mostly True
By Bill Adair • February 4, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on January 30, 2008 a debate in Simi Valley, Calif.
"(Romney's) record was that he raised taxes by $730-million."
Half-True
February 1, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on January 28, 2008 an automated call to voters
"He told gay organizers in Massachusetts he would be a stronger advocate for special rights than even Ted Kennedy."
Mostly True
By John Frank • January 31, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on January 30, 2008 a debate in Simi Valley, Calif.
Romney left Massachusetts "with a $245-million debt because of the big government-mandated health care system."
Mostly False
January 31, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on January 26, 2008 Fort Myers, Fla.
Mitt Romney wants "to set a date for withdrawal" from Iraq.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 31, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on January 28, 2008 an ad on the Internet
Mitt Romney previously believed "that abortion should be safe and legal in this country." Now he is "prolife."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 28, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on January 28, 2008 an ad on the Internet
Romney used to favor gun control, and said he didn't want to go back to Reagan-Bush.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 28, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on January 24, 2008 a debate in Boca Raton.
Hillary Clinton wants to "wave the white flag of surrender and set a date for withdrawal."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 25, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on January 24, 2008 a debate in Boca Raton.
"I won the majority of the Republican vote in both New Hampshire and South Carolina."
False
By David DeCamp • January 24, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on January 12, 2008 a speech to the Americans for Prosperity Michigan summit in Livonia, Mich.
"Congress just passed another huge, pork-filled spending bill. The Democrats allowed less than a day to read all 3,400 pages and stuffed it with nearly 10,000 earmarks costing about $10-billion dollars."
Half-True
By Adriel Bettelheim • January 16, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on January 6, 2008 a debate in Manchester, N.H.
"I have never asked for nor received a single earmark or pork barrel project for my state."
False
By John Frank • January 15, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on January 5, 2008 a debate in Manchester, N.H.
"The fact is it's not amnesty."
True
By Adriel Bettelheim, Ryan Kelly • January 15, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on January 10, 2008 a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
"I supported (the surge), I argued for it. I'm the only one on this stage that did."
False
By Shawn Zeller • January 11, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on January 2, 2008 a Web ad
"Mitt Romney says the next president doesn't need foreign policy experience."
Mostly True
By Janet Zink • January 2, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on November 29, 2007 a campaign event in St. Petersburg
" ... following World War II war crime trials were convened. The Japanese were tried and convicted and hung for war crimes committed against American POWs. Among those charges for which they were convicted was waterboarding."
True
By John Frank • December 18, 2007
John McCain
John McCain
stated on November 26, 2007 Interview on Fox News
"He was a member of the Iraq Study Group and was either fired or quit from a very important commission that was trying to figure out the way forward in Iraq."
True
December 4, 2007
John McCain
John McCain
stated on November 28, 2007 St. Petersburg, Fla.
"I saved the taxpayers $2-billion on a bogus Air Force Boeing tanker deal where people went to jail."
True
By Tom Tobin • November 29, 2007
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 28, 2007 a speech to the Hispanic Business Expo in Detroit.
"Our tax code is so complicated it extracts $140 billion in extra tax preparation costs every year - one thousand dollars for every American family."
Half-True
By Janet Zink • November 5, 2007
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