Claim: Out on the campaign trail, John McCain has been criticizing Barack Obama for proposing cuts in defense spending. But his criticism relies on a potentially misleading quote. And we found that McCain is dinging Obama for reducing spending on a program that McCain plans to eliminate entirely. CNN and MSNBC both report that McCain told supporters in Lee's Summit, Mo., that: McCain, Sept. 8: …during the primary he told a liberal advocacy group that he'd cut defense spending by tens of billions of dollars.
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Verdict: out on the campaign trail, john mccain has been criticizing barack obama for proposing cuts in defense spending. but his criticism relies on a potentially misleading quote. and we found that mccain is dinging obama for reducing spending on a program that mccain plans to eliminate entirely. cnn and msnbc both report that mccain told supporters in lee's summit, mo., that: mccain, sept. 8: …during the primary he told a liberal advocacy group that he'd cut defense spending by tens of billions of dollars.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Joe Miller
Date published: 2008-09-10T20:25:08