Fact Check: Cutting Medicare/Medicaid by $1.3 Trillion
Tonight, John McCain said: “The average cost of a health care insurance plan in America today is $5800. I'm going to give them $5,000 to take with them wherever they want to go, and this will give them affordability, this will give them availability, this will give them a chance to choose their own futures, not have Senator Obama and government decide that for them.”
THE FACTS: McCain wants to pay for his health care plan by cutting Medicaid and Medicare by at least $1.3 trillion.
Fact Check: Obama's Health Care Plan is Not Government-Run
Tonight, Sen. McCain said: "Senator Obama wants government to do the job. I want, Joe, you to do the job. I want to leave money in your pocket. I want you to be able to choose a health care for you and your family."
THE FACTS: McCain’s claims about Obama’s health care plan have been called “misleading.” Obama’s health care plan is not government-run and would maintain the existing private system.
The Facts: Obama's Position on the Colombia Free Trade Agreement
Tonight, Sen. Obama said: "Actually, I understand it pretty well, the history in Colombia right now is that labor leaders have been targeted for assassination on a fairly consistent basis, and there have not been prosecutions, and what I have said because the free trade -- the trade agreement itself does have labor and environmental protections, but we have to stand for human rights, and we have to make sure that violence isn't being perpetrated against workers who are just trying to organize for their rights." THE FACTS: Obama opposed the Colombia Free Trade Agreement because of violence in Colombia which creates an uneven playing field for American workers, while McCain has supported it despite violence.
Fact Check: McCain's False Attacks on Failed Abortion Legislation
Tonight, Senator McCain said: “Senator Obama … as a member of the Illinois state Senate voted in the Judiciary Committee against a law that would provide immediate medical attention to a child born of a failed abortion.” THE FACTS: Obama opposed born alive legislation because it was already law and could have compromised abortion rights.
Fact Check: McCain on Repudiating Attacks
Tonight, John McCain said: “Anytime there has been an out of bounds remark made by a Republican, no matter where they are, I have repudiated them.”
THE FACTS: McCain said he couldn't -- and didn't -- repudiate extreme attacks.
Fact Check: Obama Supports Restrictions on Late Term Abortion Provided There is an Exception for Women's Health
Tonight, Sen. Obama said: "With respect to partial birth abortion, I am completely supportive of a ban on late-term abortions, partial birth or otherwise, as long as there is an exception for the mother's health and life, and this did not contain that exception. [...] there surely is some common ground when both those who believe in choice and those who are opposed to abortion can come together and say, we should try to prevent unintended pregnancies by providing appropriate education to our youth."
THE FACTS: Obama has repeatedly stated his support for restricting late term abortions as long as there is an exception for a woman’s health and has a plan to reduce unintended pregnancies. McCain would appoint Right-Wing judges who would end the right to choose.
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