94 Times?

McCain repeated his claim that Obama voted to raise taxes 94 times. Factcheck calls that a misleading statistic:

It's true that most of the votes the GOP counts would either have increased taxes for some, or set budget targets calling for such increases. But by repeating their inflated 94-vote figure, the McCain campaign and the GOP falsely imply that Obama has pushed indiscriminately to raise taxes for nearly everybody. A closer look reveals that he's voted consistently to restore higher tax rates on upper-income taxpayers but not on middle- or low-income workers. That's consistent with what he's said he'd do as president, which is to raise taxes only on those making more than $250,000 a year.

-- Evie Stone

h/t msblog

11:16 PM ET | 10- 7-2008 | permalink

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