Candidates get back to health
Sen. John McCain's new health care plan brings the issue back in focus for the presidential candidates. We check three new claims. >>more
A scorecard checking the attacks on the candidates
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"For what we spend in just one week in Iraq, 800,000 children could get health insurance for an entire year." |
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"If Senator Clinton or John McCain had stood up in previous years for increases in fuel efficiency standards . . . then we would not be in this same situation in the first place." |
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"His true name is Barak Hussein Muhammed Obama." |
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"Obama ... gave almost a million dollars to the (Kenya) opposition campaign who just happened to be his cousin, Raila Odinga." |
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Obama thinks the national anthem should be "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing." |
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A scorecard separating fact from fiction
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"More people without health care since George Bush took office; more children in poverty since George Bush took office." |
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"We spend a staggering amount of money on health care — over $2-trillion and almost twice as much as any other country per person." |
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"My friend, we have increased the size of government by some 40 percent just in the last few years." |
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"If you are driving on average in America this summer, you'll save — according to Department of Energy figures — about $70." |
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There are prototype cars that get between 100 and 150 miles per gallon and "we could have those cars in your garages in a couple of years." |
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Obama's per-car number is reasonable
A gas tax holiday "would at best provide 30 cents a day for three months for a grand total of $28."
We find his estimate is about right, although he assumes all of the savings would get to consumers.
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