Claim: Biden said that McCain wrote in a magazine article that he wanted to do for the health care industry what deregulation had done for Wall Street. That's taking McCain's words out of context, as we've written before. Biden is referring to a phrase from a journal article under McCain's name that said he would reduce regulation of health insurance "as we have done over the last decade in banking." But the full context shows McCain was talking specifically about a proposal to allow the sale and purchase of health insurance across state lines.
Fact-check: Health Care Deregulation? - FactCheck.org
Verdict: biden said that mccain wrote in a magazine article that he wanted to do for the health care industry what deregulation had done for wall street. that's taking mccain's words out of context, as we've written before. biden is referring to a phrase from a journal article under mccain's name that said he would reduce regulation of health insurance "as we have done over the last decade in banking." but the full context shows mccain was talking specifically about a proposal to allow the sale and purchase of health insurance across state lines.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Lori Robertson
Date published: 2008-10-02T16:41:31