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Obama
Half-True
Measures in Barack Obama's health plan could "lower health care costs for the typical family by $2,500 a year."

Barack Obama on Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 in in a television ad >>Details


Obama
Half-True
Obama "changed the rules in Washington. Gone are the free gifts from lobbyists. Gone are the fancy airplane rides for nothing."

Barack Obama on Thursday, October 30th, 2008 in a statement by Sen. Claire McCaskill in a TV ad. >>Details


Obama
Barely True
"For my energy plan, my economic plan, and the other proposals you'll hear tonight, I've offered spending cuts above and beyond their cost."

Barack Obama on Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 in >>Details


McCain
Half-True
"We are within the margin of error."

John McCain on Friday, October 31st, 2008 in a TV interview >>Details


McCain
True
"Fidel (Castro) has made his preferences known in the campaign and had some very unkind things to say about me."

John McCain on Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 in a TV interview >>Details


McCain
False
"The McCain campaign is roughly in the position where Vice President Gore was running against President Bush one week before the election of 2000."

John McCain on Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 in remarks by chief strategist Steve Schmidt >>Details


Obama
Mostly true
"The race will tighten, just because that's what happens at the end of campaigns. They always have."

Barack Obama on Sunday, October 19th, 2008 in a TV interview >>Details


Obama
Half-True
The accuracy of the Obama tax calculator

Barack Obama on Tuesday, October 14th, 2008 in campaign Web site >>Details


McCain
Mostly true
Between 40 and 50 percent of tax filers do not owe any income tax.

John McCain on Sunday, October 12th, 2008 in a television interview >>Details


Obama
True
Medicare spends "$15-billion a year on subsidies to insurance companies."

Barack Obama on Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 in a debate in Hempstead, N.Y. >>Details


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