Latest Fact-Checks By Alexander Lane

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FedEx chair delivers perspective on bonuses

February 6, 2009

"The average bonus [on Wall Street] is about $100,000...The bonuses on Wall Street are down 44 percent."

Surgeon General is more than spokesman, oversees public health

January 14, 2009

"The biggest job of the surgeon general is to translate health care and health care needs into plain English."

McCain is further back than Gore was

December 3, 2008

"The McCain campaign is roughly in the position where Vice President Gore was running against President Bush one week before the election of 2000."

The McCain campaign experiments with dishonesty

December 3, 2008

Obama would "experiment with socialism."

Elections tighten almost every time

December 1, 2008

"The race will tighten, just because that's what happens at the end of campaigns. They always have."

Updated: McCain is right about 5 of 11 polls

October 30, 2008

"We are within the margin of error."

21 bottles of deregulation on the wall

October 29, 2008

McCain called for less regulation 21 times just this year.

Campaigns volley over Biden’s warning

October 28, 2008

McCain is "selectively editing Joe Biden's words...Biden actually said about Barack Obama: 'They're gonna find out this guy's got steel in his spine.'"

Not much of a plan here

October 23, 2008

"Barack Obama's plan gives a driver's license to any illegal who wants one."

The RNC needs a good talking to

October 22, 2008

"Barack Obama thinks terrorists just need a good talking to."

The truth fades into the background

October 17, 2008

"If Barack Obama would apply for a job with the FBI or with the Secret Service, he would be disqualified because of his past associations…

Centerpiece? More like a side dish

October 16, 2008

"The centerpiece of Senator McCain's education policy is to increase the voucher program in D.C. by 2,000 slots."

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