John McCain talked a lot about ‘Joe the plumber’ during the third presidential debate, saying Joe is an example of a small business owner who would not do well under Barack Obama’s policies…But generally, Obama does not fine ’small businesses.’ They are specifically exempt. We rate McCain’s claim False.” [Politifact, 10/15/08: http://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/802/]
“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.’” [FactCheck.org, 10/15/08: http://wire.factcheck.org/2008/10/15/john-lewis-and-the-news/]
“[McCain] made an attack, that his campaign has been making for weeks, saying that Obama’s campaign was launched in the living room of William Ayers, of the Weather Underground. That’s not true. Obama says his campaign was launched at a Ramada hotel, there were several coffees, right about that same time that summer one was [...]