New York Times: McCain Distorts on His Own Judicial Picks.

October 15th 2008 in Lies

“When asked whether he would appoint someone to the Supreme Court who disagreed with him and supported Roe v. Wade, Mr. McCain said he would apply no ‘litmus test’ in his Supreme Court appointments and would make his decisions ‘based on their qualifications.’ But Mr. McCain has gone much further while seeking to shore up his standing with Christian conservatives that make up the Republican base, giving an expansive speech at Wake Forest this year about his judicial philosophy and pledging to nominate strict constructionist, conservative judges—in other words, those who would oppose Roe v. Wade.” [New York Times blog, 10/15/08: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/15/check-point-the-grand-finale/]

New York Times: McCain Overstates Impact of Fannie and Freddie.

“Senator McCain argued as the debate began, and as he repeatedly does on the campaign trail, that the blame for the financial meltdown lies with the mortgage-finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which were a unique hybrid–government-chartered but shareholder-owner—until they were forced into government conservatorships last month. ‘The catalyst for this housing crisis was [...]

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New York Times: McCain Falsely Says Obama Supports “Single Payer.”

“Mr. McCain said: ‘Senator Obama wants to set up health care bureaucracies, take over the health care of America through — as he said, his object is a single-payer system. If you like that — you’ll — you would love Canada and England.’ Mr. McCain was wrong in saying that Mr. Obama’s proposal called for [...]

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