Out on the campaign trail, John McCain has been criticizing Barack Obama for proposing cuts in defense spending. But his criticism relies on a potentially misleading quote. And we found that McCain is dinging Obama for reducing spending on a program that McCain plans to eliminate entirely. CNN and MSNBC both report that McCain told supporters in Lee’s Summit, Mo., that: McCain, Sept. 8: …during the primary he told a liberal advocacy group that he’d cut defense spending by tens... Click to Read the Full Post
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