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McCain "said no to higher fuel-efficiency standards for cars." |
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"Today, we import triple the amount of oil than we had on the day Senator McCain took office." |
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"John McCain has voted with George Bush 90 percent of the time." |
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Three years ago, John McCain said, "Afghanistan — we don't read about it anymore in papers because it succeeded." |
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McCain voted 19 times against a minimum-wage increase. |
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(McCain) says "we can't have ... timelines to draw down our troops from Iraq." |
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"Barack Obama and Joe Biden oppose new drilling at home and oppose nuclear power." |
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McCain’s energy plan is a "single-answer proposition" — new domestic oil drilling. |
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"Obama says Iran is a 'tiny' country, 'doesn't pose a serious threat.'" |
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McCain "still thinks it’s okay when women don't earn equal pay for equal work." |
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"John McCain wants to privatize Social Security." |
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McCain "said he was 'stumped' when asked whether contraceptives help stop the spread of HIV." |
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Says McCain once said that on "the most important issues of our day, I’ve been totally in agreement and support of President Bush." |
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Says McCain "supported George Bush's policies 95 percent of the time." |
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Obama wants to increase the size of government by 23 percent. |
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McCain, “voted against renewable sources of energy, against biofuels, against solar power, against wind power.... " |
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John McCain has seven houses. |
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"Sen. McCain was already turning his sights to Iraq just days after 9/11, and he became a leading supporter of an invasion and occupation of (Iraq)." |
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Barack Obama "rejects everyone white, including his mother and his grandparents." |
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Barack Obama "openly supported (opposition leader) Raila Odinga during his visit to Africa in 2006." |
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