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    September 22, 2008

    still misleading the public

    McCain's campaign has been full of lies and exaggerations about Obama. Is this really the kind of president we want, one who is willing to lie, and continue to lie after being caught doing so?

    "He said he won't raise taxes for most people, but he's voted 94 times in his short Senate career for tax increases and against tax cuts."
    -Sen. John McCain, at a campaign stop in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Friday Sept. 19, 2008


    The facts, from CNN.com

    Misleading. McCain's summary ignores the fact that some of the votes were for measures to lower taxes for many Americans, while increasing them for a much smaller number of taxpayers. A nonpartisan examination also finds that the 94 total includes multiple votes on the same measures and budget votes that would not directly lead to higher taxes.

    -23 were against proposed tax cuts
    -7 were "for measures that would have lowered taxes for many, while raising them on a relative few, either corporations or affluent individuals"
    -11 were to increase taxes on people making more than $1 million a year, to help fund programs such as Head Start, school nutrition, or veterans' health care
    -53 were votes on budget resolutions or amendments that "could not have resulted by themselves in raising taxes," though many "were clear statements of approval for increased taxes"
    - The total includes multiple votes on the same measures

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