Latest Fact Checks

Reading too much into McCain’s ambitions

By Adriel Bettelheim

May 22, 2008

"Privatizing Social Security was a bad idea when George W. Bush proposed it. It's a bad idea today. Sen. McCain's campaign went even further ...…

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He’s rich, but that’s not his housing fix

By Angie Drobnic Holan

May 22, 2008

John McCain, "one of the richest people in a Senate filled with millionaires," says the solution to the housing crisis is for people to get…

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McCain twists Obama’s words

May 21, 2008

Iran "might not be a superpower, but the threat the government of Iran poses is anything but 'tiny,'" as Obama says.

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He has said it again and again

May 21, 2008

"Sen. Obama has declared, and repeatedly reaffirmed his intention to meet the president of Iran without any preconditions."

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Obama goes too far to make his point

By Alexander Lane

May 21, 2008

A gas tax holiday is a gimmick that "every economist says will just go into the pockets of the oil companies."

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Waterboarding one aspect of larger measure

By Angie Drobnic Holan

May 19, 2008

McCain "voted against a bill to ban waterboarding, and then applauded President Bush for vetoing that ban."

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Government report backs up Obama

May 19, 2008

"NATO hasn't provided enough troops (in Afghanistan) because they are still angry about us going into Iraq."

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In protest, Obama voted against

By Adriel Bettelheim

May 19, 2008

"Obama himself voted against funding our nation's veterans and troops in the field during a time of war."

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McCain’s opposed, but he’s not alone

By Adriel Bettelheim

May 19, 2008

John McCain "is one of the few senators of either party who oppose this bill (to expand education aid for veterans) because he thinks it's…

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Numbers don’t add up

By Bill Adair

May 16, 2008

"The White House is won in the swing states, and I am winning the swing states."

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2000, yes, but not 2004

May 15, 2008

"If West Virginia had voted for our Democratic nominee in 2000 and 2004, we wouldn't have had to put up with George Bush for the…

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True, but Hagee has since recanted

By Angie Drobnic Holan

May 15, 2008

McCain sought the political support of minister John Hagee, "who believes Hurricane Katrina was God's punishment for gay rights and called the Catholic Church 'the…

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