Fact or fiction?

It's not even Labor Day yet, and the presidential race is already generating more noise every day than any sane human being can bear. Which is why a new website from the St. Petersburg Times and Congressional Quarterly looks like a true gem.

The two news organizations have teamed up to produce PolitFact, which analyzes the candidates' statements, ads, and attacks and judges their proximity to the truth. Chris Dodd's claim that Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have followed his lead on Iraq? Half-true. Mitt Romney's claims that Democrats under President Clinton undermined defense in the 1990s? Half-true. John McCain's claim that Hillary Clinton changed her position on the troop surge in Baghdad? Barely true.

Seen something from a candidate yourself that looks dubious? Send the folks at PolitFact an email and they'll get working.