CNN Fact Check: Barack Obama Would Not Fine Businesses over Health Care.

October 10th 2008 in Lies

“At a campaign event Thursday, October 9, in Waukesha, Wisconsin, Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain criticized Democratic opponent Sen. Barack Obama’s health-care plan. ‘Under his plan, he will fine employers who don’t offer health insurance to put their employees in government health care. He’ll fine them,’ McCain said. ‘You know what that does? That costs jobs. That costs jobs for small business people in America.’ McCain’s suggestion that Obama’s plan would impact small businesses is wrong. ‘Small businesses will be exempt from this requirement,’ Obama’s Web site says. The Verdict: False. McCain calling the plan’s payment a fine is at odds with his own Web site, which calls it a tax. Obama’s campaign says small businesses would be exempt from the plan.” [CNN, 10/10/08: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/10/fact-check-would-obama-fine-business-that-dont-offer-health-care/]

Politico: McCain’s “100 Percent Absolute Truth” Claim Absolutely False.

“John McCain told the Des Moines Register this week that he always tells ‘100 percent absolute truth,’ even in campaign ads. There’s one big problem with that bold statement: it’s just not true. McCain has made a number of statements — in paid ads and on the campaign trail — that simply cannot be described [...]

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Washington Post: Two Pinocchios For McCain Campaign’s “Guilt by Association” Video.

“A McCain campaign video released today hits the ‘guilt by association’ theme that has become a prominent part of GOP attacks on Barack Obama during the final weeks of an increasingly vituperative presidential election campaign. It baldly accuses the Illinois senator of ‘lying’ about his connection with Ayers, a former Weather Underground leader turned education [...]

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