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“They (Clinton and Obama) have never to my knowledge been involved in legislation nor hearings nor engagement on this issue (climate change).”
John McCain on Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 in North Bend, Wash. >>Details

A gas tax holiday "would at best provide 30 cents a day for three months for a grand total of $28."
Barack Obama on Monday, May 5th, 2008 in a television interview >>Details

Every family health insurance policy has "a $900 hidden tax" to subsidize health care costs of the uninsured.
Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 in South Bend, Ind. >>Details

Hillary Clinton advocates "a freeze on foreclosures. Barack Obama said no."
Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 in in a television ad >>Details

McCain says the price of a gas tax "holiday" would be about the same as "a Bridge to Nowhere (or) another pork barrel project."
John McCain on Thursday, April 24th, 2008 in an interview on the Fox News Channel. >>Details

Says Obama flip-flopped on a gas-tax "holiday."
Republican National Committee on Thursday, April 24th, 2008 in a Web video. >>Details

Hillary Clinton is "willing to have workers' wages garnisheed if they refuse to buy health insurance."
Barack Obama on Friday, April 18th, 2008 in a television ad >>Details

Barack Obama's health care plan "will cost taxpayers $1,700 more to cover each new person."
Hillary Clinton on Sunday, April 20th, 2008 in in a television ad >>Details

"Barack Obama accepted $200,000 from executives and employees of oil companies."
Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 in a TV ad airing in Pennsylvania. >>Details

"Obama voted for the Bush-Cheney energy bill that put $6-billion in the pocket of big oil."
Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 in a TV ad airing in Pennsylvania. >>Details

Barack Obama is "the only candidate who doesn’t take a dime from oil company PACs or lobbyists."
Barack Obama on Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 in in a television ad >>Details

"Hillary Clinton has taken over $800,000 from lobbyists."
Barack Obama on Thursday, April 17th, 2008 in an online ad. >>Details

Obama served on a board with former Weather Underground member William Ayers and "that relationship with Mr. Ayers on this board continued after 9/11."
Hillary Clinton on Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 in Democratic debate in Philadephia >>Details

"He took on special interests and won, passing the toughest ethics law yet."
Barack Obama on Monday, April 14th, 2008 in a television ad. >>Details

"Iraq is costing each household about $100 a month."
Barack Obama on Thursday, March 20th, 2008 in a speech in Charleston, W.Va. >>Details

"I am a candidate. I have not withdrawn."
Mike Gravel on Thursday, March 13th, 2008 in a YouTube video >>Details

"I remember landing under sniper fire."
Hillary Clinton on Monday, March 17th, 2008 in Washington, D.C. >>Details

It's "common knowledge" that al-Qaida is receiving training from Iran.
John McCain on Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 in Amman, Jordan >>Details

John McCain and George W. Bush want to spend "a trillion dollars in Iraq over the next 10 years."
Campaign to Defend America on Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 in a television ad >>Details

Both McCain and Bush favor tax breaks for oil companies.
Campaign to Defend America on Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 in a television ad >>Details
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