Hilzoy has a good post over at The Washington Monthly debunking McCain's claim that Senator Obama has never taken on the leaders of the Democratic party. Among other things, Obama voted against Democratic leadership when the Democratic leadership opposed a Republican amendment that would strengthen an ethics bill dealing with earmarks. The result: a stronger ethics bill that expanded the definition of member earmarks that would be subject to new disclosure rules.
And speaking of earmarks, McCain's charge in the debates that Obama pushed a $3 million earmark for an overhead projector was equally nonsense. The funding request was to help rebuild Chicago's Adler Planetarium, the oldest planetarium in the U.S., and the "overhead projector" is the thing that runs the whole planetarium.
At this point, you must assume that nothing that McCain or Palin say is true.
And speaking of earmarks, McCain's charge in the debates that Obama pushed a $3 million earmark for an overhead projector was equally nonsense. The funding request was to help rebuild Chicago's Adler Planetarium, the oldest planetarium in the U.S., and the "overhead projector" is the thing that runs the whole planetarium.
At this point, you must assume that nothing that McCain or Palin say is true.
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