"John McCain voted against funding the troops because of . . . a timeline in it to draw down American troops."
Joe Biden on Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 in a debate in St. Louis, Mo. >>Details
McCain voted 19 times against a minimum-wage increase.
Joe Biden on Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver >>Details
Three years ago, John McCain said, "Afghanistan — we don't read about it anymore in papers because it succeeded."
Joe Biden on Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver >>Details
Says McCain once said that on "the most important issues of our day, I’ve been totally in agreement and support of President Bush."
Joe Biden on Saturday, August 23rd, 2008 in a speech in Springfield, Ill. >>Details
"When Pakistan erupted in crisis, I spoke to Musharraf before Bush did."
Joe Biden on Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 in a TV ad >>Details
"First, he said he would leave residual forces in Iraq, and now he says he wouldn’t."
Joe Biden on Friday, October 12th, 2007 in >>Details
"With one stroke of his pen, President Bush has denied health insurance to 3.8 million kids who were due to get it under this bipartisan expansion of the Children’s Health Insurance Program."
Joe Biden on Monday, October 15th, 2007 in >>Details
"You know we can't just pull out now... The truth of the matter is: If we started today, it would take one year, one year to get 160,000 troops physically out of Iraq, logistically."
Joe Biden on Thursday, August 23rd, 2007 in CNN/YouTube debate in Charleston, S.C. >>Details
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