Latest Fact-Checks By Angie Drobnic Holan

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$5,000 for couples, but half that for “every American”

October 9, 2008

"I want to give every American a $5,000 refundable tax credit."

Abortion survivor would have been protected under existing law

October 9, 2008

Barack Obama opposed a bill that would have saved Gianna Jessen's life.

2003 legislation had neutrality clause

October 9, 2008

Barack Obama voted against "born alive" legislation in Illinois that was "virtually identical to the federal law."

Obama ad wrong about McCain abortion charge

October 9, 2008

John McCain accused Barack Obama "of letting infants die."

High earners get a break under McCain’s plan

October 8, 2008

John McCain "is proposing tax cuts that would give the average Fortune 500 CEO an additional $700,000 in tax cuts."

Small businesses exempt from Obama’s plan

October 8, 2008

Barack Obama's plan calls for "mandates and fines for small businesses."

Obama’s earmark number is correct

October 7, 2008

"Senator McCain has been talking tough about earmarks, and that's good, but earmarks account for about $18-billion of our budget."

McCain opposed 2007 war funding bill

October 6, 2008

"John McCain voted against funding the troops because of . . . a timeline in it to draw down American troops."

Health care ad is right — until the end

October 3, 2008

John McCain's health care plan "leaves you on your own to pay McCain’s health insurance tax."

Obama’s plan does not call for government-run health care

October 2, 2008

Barack Obama's health care plan is "to mandate health care coverage and have a universal government-run program."

McCain refused to commit

October 2, 2008

John McCain said "he wouldn't even sit down with the government of Spain, a NATO ally that has troops in Afghanistan with us now."

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