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Fact Check: Is Obama ad right on McCain immigration stance?

 

Published 9/23/2008 by rsinderbrand at CNN Political Ticker

The Statement: In an Obama campaign Spanish-language radio ad aimed at Latino voters that aired in New Mexico, Colorado and Nevada during the second week of September, the narrator says, "John McCain abandoned us on immigration reform rather than confront the leaders of the Republican Party." Does Obama's radio ad accurately describe McCain [...] (link)

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