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

October 15th 2008 in Lies

“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 a single-payer system. Mr. Obama wants private insurers to continue in operation, but would subject them to strict federal regulation, so, for example, they could not deny coverage to people in poor health.” [New York Times blog, 10/15/08: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/15/check-point-the-grand-finale/]

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

“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 [...]

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New York Times: McCain Distorts Obama Health Care Plan Again.

“As in the second debate, Mr. McCain charged that small businesses would be fined under Mr. Obama’s health plan if they did not pay for health coverage as mandated by the government. And Mr. Obama, again, corrected him by pointing out that his plan would exempt small businesses from the requirement that employers either provide [...]

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