Tag Archives: John McCain

Scaring, and Misleading, Seniors Again

Posted on October 20, 2008

In what is becoming a bit of a pattern, a group that backs Sen. Barack Obama is trying to convince senior citizens that Sen. John McCain would be their worst nightmare. The AFL-CIO is distributing a mailer that claims McCain is “turning his back on retirees,” by “privatizing Social Security, …
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Health Care Premium Costs

Posted on October 20, 2008

In last week’s final debate, Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama cited greatly different estimates for the average cost of health insurance, and a number of readers have asked us to sort it out. Obama: By the way, the average policy costs about $12,000. … McCain: The average cost of …
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Autism and Down Syndrome

Posted on October 18, 2008

Scores of readers have written in asking why Sen. John McCain had said several times during the debate that his running mate, Sarah Palin, knew about autism. McCain: And, by the way, she also understands special-needs families. She understands that autism is on the rise, that we’ve got to find …
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Obama’s ‘Welfare’

Posted on October 17, 2008 , Corrected on October 20, 2008

Summary The McCain campaign has taken to denigrating some of Obama’s tax proposals as "welfare" rather than tax cuts. And it continues to mislead about who would see a tax increase. A new McCain-Palin Web ad characterizes Obama’s proposed refundable tax credits as "welfare." But McCain himself proposes refundable tax …
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Unions Mislead on Health Care

Posted on October 17, 2008 , Updated on October 20, 2008

Summary Two labor unions are running ads falsely characterizing McCain’s health care plan. A United Auto Workers spot features a woman who claims she’d pay up to $2,800 more in taxes. That’s a bogus figure, based on a false assumption about what McCain is actually proposing. She and families like …
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FactChecking Debate No. 3

Posted on October 16, 2008 , Updated on October 16, 2008 , Corrected on October 17, 2008

Summary Spin and hype were apparent, once again, at the third and final debate between McCain and Obama: McCain claimed the liberal group ACORN “is now on the verge of maybe perpetrating one of the greatest frauds in voter history … maybe destroying the fabric of democracy.” In fact, a …
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John Lewis and the News

Posted on October 15, 2008

McCain was a bit off the mark when he said Obama did not repudiate the remarks of Democratic Rep. John Lewis. Obama did release a statement that said he “did not believe” McCain “or his policy criticism is in any way comparable to George Wallace or his segregationist policies.” But …
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Plumber Joe and His Health Care

Posted on October 15, 2008

Fines for small businesses? Higher income taxes? The government choosing your health care plans? Gold-plated Cadillacs? It all sounds bad (or at least confusing) for Joe, and everyone else … but luckily we’ve broken it all down for you. For the full scoop on both Obama’s and McCain’s health care …
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Obama’s ‘Projector’ Earmark

Posted on October 14, 2008

Q: Did Obama request a $3 million ‘overhead projector,’ as McCain claimed? A: Obama did seek a $3 million earmark, but it was not for the sort of ‘overhead projector’ commonly found in classrooms or offices. It would have replaced the Adler Planetarium’s projector, last upgraded in 1969.

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Health Care Spin

Posted on October 14, 2008 , Updated on October 20, 2008

Summary McCain and Obama have sharply different health care plans, and each has made sharply worded attacks that are either false or misleading. McCain proposes a market-based system that relies on tax incentives, which one Obama ad falsely characterizes as the "largest middle-class tax increase in history." Obama proposes new …
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