McCain overbids on eBay

By Bill Adair
Published on Monday, October 8th, 2007 at 7:33 p.m.

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"I cut taxes 23 times when I was mayor of New York City."

Rudy Giuliani, Tuesday, October 9th, 2007.

Ruling: Half-True | Details

"The Iraq Study Group reported that (Saddam Hussein) had designs on reviving his nuclear program."

Fred Thompson, Tuesday, October 9th, 2007.

Ruling: False | Details

"A lot of people don't know that 50,000 Americans now make their living off eBay."

John McCain, Tuesday, October 9th, 2007.

Ruling: Half-True | Details

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We checked Sen. McCain's claim that 50,000 people make their living by selling things on eBay. As McCain himself said, "a lot of people don't know" this. No kidding. We couldn't find a soul.

The best we could do was a Half-True.

Here are some other items we completed:

* Fred Thompson got his lines wrong. He earns a False for his claim that the Iraq Study Group reported that Saddam Hussein "had designs on reviving his nuclear program." The bipartisan panel said no such thing. We suspect Thompson was referring to another group.

* Rudy Giuliani exaggerated his tax cuts. He said he cut taxes 23 times when he was mayor of New York City, but he's including cuts that others championed. We give him a Half True.