Submit a Story!

Fact Check: Would McCain tax health benefits for the first time ever?

 
The Statement: In a television ad titled "Rear View," that began airing Thursday, October 30, the campaign for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama attacks Republican opponent Sen. John McCain's economic policies, saying, in part, that McCain "would tax your health care benefits for the first time ever." Get the facts! The Facts: The ad refers to [...] (link)

Tags:

Related Content
Ensign: Sarah Palin Is Not ‘Experienced Enough To Be President Of The United States’
thinkprogress.org 10/31/2008 — Yesterday, Jeff Gillan of NewsONE in Nevada asked Sen. John Ensign (R-NV), the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, if Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was “qualified to be President.” Ensign responded by saying that he ...
McCain Camp: Duberstein Lobbied to Be Our Transition Chief; Duberstein Calls that ‘Bulls***’
blogs.abcnews.com 10/31/2008 — Reacting to the news that Ken Duberstein -- former White House chief of staff to President Ronald Reagan and an adviser to Sen. John McCain's, R-Ariz., campaign eight years ago -- today endorsed Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., two McCain campaign...
Obama Blasts "Selfish" Americans For Not Wanting to Pay Higher Taxes
gatewaypundit.blogspot.com 10/31/2008 — The Marxisant radical was back at it today... The One blasted "selfish" Americans for not wanting to pay higher taxes: Jake Tapper reported on Obama's attack on "selfish" Americans: "The reason that we want to do this, change our tax code, ...
McSweeney's Internet Tendency: McCain's Rejected Robo-Call Scripts.
mcsweeneys.net 10/31/2008 — M c C A I N ' S R E J E C T E D R O B O - C A L L S C R I P T S . BY JASON SILVERSTEIN - - - - "Hello. I'm calling for John McCain and the RNC because you need to know that Barack Obama has not accepted Joe the Plumber's friend request on Facebook. ...
El Rushbo's Gut Starts to Speak!
rushlimbaugh.com 10/31/2008 — RUSH: My gut is starting to talk to me, ladies and gentlemen. As you know and as I discussed over the course of the previous week, my gut was not giving me any indication whatsoever, and my gut started talking to me last night. Barack is headed back ...
Fact check: Would McCain 'only reward wealth'?CNN Political Ticker 10/31/2008
Is Obama right about McCain's tax plan? The Statement: At a rally Thursday, October 30, in Columbia, Missouri, Sen. Barack Obama said, "The choice in this election isn't between tax cuts and no tax cuts, it's whether you believe we should ...
'Doonesbury' Strip Predicts Obama Win on TuesdayFOXNews.com 10/31/2008
"Doonesbury" creator Garry Trudeau has handed in a series of comic strips for next week's newspapers that show his characters reacting to a Barack Obama win -- he offered no such option for a John McCain win. 
Closing McCain ads take swipe at ObamaCNN Political Ticker 10/31/2008
Sen. McCain releases two new ads in his final push to win the White House. (CNN)–With only four days before election day, Sen. John McCain is ending the battle of the airwaves with a pair of 30-second spots. "Obama Praising McCain" echoes a ...
How McCain's and Obama's closing speeches reflect their campaigns.(Obsolete Feed) 10/31/2008
"Like any politician at this level," Barack Obama told USA Today on Thursday, "I've got a healthy ego." Aides at the Republican National Committee jumped on the remark. Certain that Obama's enormous self-regard is obvious to everyone, they e-mailed ...
McCain sources say Duberstein lobbied to head transition; Duberstein denies claimCNN Political Ticker 10/31/2008
McCain aides say a Reagan official who endorsed Obama lobbied to head the Arizona senator's transition. COLUMBUS, Ohio (CNN) – Former Ronald Reagan Chief of Staff and powerhouse lobbyist Ken Duberstein became the latest member of the GOP ...