John McCain has launched a series of TV ads attacking Barack Obama, but independent observers have questioned the accuracy of some of the assertions:
Yesterday
McCain ad statement about Obama: "[He] says he'll raise taxes on electricity. Higher taxes, more foreign oil, that's the real Obama."Saturday
McCain ad statement about Obama: "He made time to go to the gym, but canceled a visit with wounded troops. Seems the Pentagon wouldn't allow him to bring cameras. "Fact-checker: Obama did go to a gym in Berlin and did cancel a visit to a US military medical center in Germany. The Obama campaign says the visit was nixed because he did not want to bring politics to the hospital.
July 21
McCain ad statement about Obama: "Who can you thank for rising prices at the pump? Obama! Obama!"Fact-checker: McCain's campaign cites Obama's support for a ban on offshore oil drilling, but that ban has been in place since 1982, and Obama has only been in the US Senate since 2005.
July 18
McCain ad statement about Obama: "He voted against funding our troops."Fact-checker: Obama did vote in May 2007 against an Iraq war funding bill, after failing to attach a timetable for withdrawal. But Obama has voted for several other troop funding bills.
SOURCES: Globe staff, news reports, politifact.com![]()
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