Latest True Fact-checks on John McCain Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category John McCain dicho el Febrero 8, 2016 en remarks made on the Fox News segment, Outnumbered: North Korea’s missiles are "not going to have a capability to reach the United States anytime real soon." John McCain dicho el Mayo 24, 2015 en an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": If you count United States airstrikes against ISIS, "75 percent of those combat missions return to base without having fired a weapon." John McCain dicho el Septiembre 1, 2013 en an interview on "Face the Nation": Fleeing Syria, "a million children are now refugees." John McCain dicho el Diciembre 14, 2010 en a statement on the U.S. Senate floor: Earmarks requested in a federal spending bill included "$277,000 for potato pest management in Wisconsin." John McCain dicho el Junio 7, 2010 en a campaign commercial: After J.D. Hayworth "was voted out of Congress, he became a registered lobbyist" who was "paid thousands by a Florida corporation to lobby the very committee he used to serve on." John McCain dicho el Mayo 30, 2009 en a Twitter message: "Obama has more czars than the Romanovs." John McCain dicho el Febrero 25, 2009 en an interview on CNN's American Morning.: The omnibus spending bill has "9,427 pork barrel items." John McCain dicho el Octubre 7, 2008 en Nashville, Tenn.: "Sen. Obama has never taken on his party leaders on a single major issue." John McCain dicho el Octubre 29, 2008 en a TV interview: "Fidel (Castro) has made his preferences known in the campaign and had some very unkind things to say about me." John McCain dicho el Octubre 15, 2008 en a debate in Hempstead, N.Y.: "Congressman John Lewis, an American hero, made allegations that Sarah Palin and I were somehow associated with ... the worst chapter in American history. ... And, Senator Obama, you didn't repudiate those remarks." John McCain dicho el Octubre 7, 2008 en a debate in Nashville, Tenn.: "I have disagreed strongly with the Bush administration on this issue" of global warming. John McCain dicho el Septiembre 26, 2008 en a debate in Oxford, Miss.: "The average South Korean is 3 inches taller than the average North Korean, a huge gulag." John McCain dicho el Septiembre 4, 2008 en St. Paul, Minn.: "My grandfather came home from ... (World War II) exhausted from the burdens he had borne, and died the next day." John McCain dicho el Septiembre 3, 2008 en a campaign news release.: "Governor Palin is the most popular governor in the country." John McCain dicho el Agosto 30, 2008 en Pittsburgh, Pa. : Sarah Palin "has had 12 years of elected office experience." John McCain dicho el Agosto 14, 2008 en a town hall in Aspen, Colo.: The musical Mamma Mia! has "been selling out for years." John McCain dicho el Julio 9, 2008 en a news release from McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds : Says Obama flip-flopped on warrantless wiretapping. John McCain dicho el Julio 11, 2008 en a TV ad airing Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico: U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan include a "few thousand that are still green card holders who are not even citizens of this country." John McCain dicho el Junio 25, 2008 en a Web ad.: Says Obama opposes offshore drilling and a gas tax holiday. John McCain dicho el Junio 18, 2008 en an interview with Springfield, Mo., News-Leader: "You know, the approval rating of Congress is down to 13 percent." John McCain dicho el Junio 14, 2008 en a virtual town hall meeting : "I joined the Gang of 14, seven Republicans, seven Democrats, so that we wouldn't blow up the United States Senate. Sen. Obama had the opportunity to join that group. He chose not to." John McCain dicho el Junio 17, 2008 en a TV ad: "John McCain stood up to the president and sounded the alarm on global warming ... five years ago." John McCain dicho el Junio 2, 2008 en a speech in Nashville, Tenn.: "The U.S. Navy has sailed ships around the world for 60 years with nuclear power plants on them and we've never had an accident." John McCain dicho el Junio 4, 2008 en St. Petersburg, Fla.: When the United States invaded Iraq, Saddam Hussein wanted to acquire weapons of mass destruction, and "he said so himself after his capture." John McCain dicho el Junio 3, 2008 en a campaign e-mail: "Obama voted to support President Bush between 40 and 50 percent of the time over the past two years." John McCain dicho el Mayo 28, 2008 en a town hall meeting in Reno, Nev.: "Sen. Obama has been to Iraq once." John McCain dicho el Mayo 19, 2008 en Chicago: "Sen. Obama has declared, and repeatedly reaffirmed his intention to meet the president of Iran without any preconditions." John McCain dicho el Febrero 6, 2008 en a TV ad airing in Virginia, the District of Columbia and Maryland: "One man sacrificed for his country. One man opposed a flawed strategy in Iraq. One man had the courage to call for change. One man didn't play politics with the truth. One man stands up to the special interests." John McCain dicho el Enero 28, 2008 en an ad on the Internet: Romney used to favor gun control, and said he didn't want to go back to Reagan-Bush. John McCain dicho el Enero 28, 2008 en an ad on the Internet: Mitt Romney previously believed "that abortion should be safe and legal in this country." Now he is "prolife."
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John McCain dicho el Febrero 8, 2016 en remarks made on the Fox News segment, Outnumbered: North Korea’s missiles are "not going to have a capability to reach the United States anytime real soon." John McCain dicho el Mayo 24, 2015 en an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": If you count United States airstrikes against ISIS, "75 percent of those combat missions return to base without having fired a weapon." John McCain dicho el Septiembre 1, 2013 en an interview on "Face the Nation": Fleeing Syria, "a million children are now refugees." John McCain dicho el Diciembre 14, 2010 en a statement on the U.S. Senate floor: Earmarks requested in a federal spending bill included "$277,000 for potato pest management in Wisconsin." John McCain dicho el Junio 7, 2010 en a campaign commercial: After J.D. Hayworth "was voted out of Congress, he became a registered lobbyist" who was "paid thousands by a Florida corporation to lobby the very committee he used to serve on." John McCain dicho el Mayo 30, 2009 en a Twitter message: "Obama has more czars than the Romanovs." John McCain dicho el Febrero 25, 2009 en an interview on CNN's American Morning.: The omnibus spending bill has "9,427 pork barrel items." John McCain dicho el Octubre 7, 2008 en Nashville, Tenn.: "Sen. Obama has never taken on his party leaders on a single major issue." John McCain dicho el Octubre 29, 2008 en a TV interview: "Fidel (Castro) has made his preferences known in the campaign and had some very unkind things to say about me." John McCain dicho el Octubre 15, 2008 en a debate in Hempstead, N.Y.: "Congressman John Lewis, an American hero, made allegations that Sarah Palin and I were somehow associated with ... the worst chapter in American history. ... And, Senator Obama, you didn't repudiate those remarks." John McCain dicho el Octubre 7, 2008 en a debate in Nashville, Tenn.: "I have disagreed strongly with the Bush administration on this issue" of global warming. John McCain dicho el Septiembre 26, 2008 en a debate in Oxford, Miss.: "The average South Korean is 3 inches taller than the average North Korean, a huge gulag." John McCain dicho el Septiembre 4, 2008 en St. Paul, Minn.: "My grandfather came home from ... (World War II) exhausted from the burdens he had borne, and died the next day." John McCain dicho el Septiembre 3, 2008 en a campaign news release.: "Governor Palin is the most popular governor in the country." John McCain dicho el Agosto 30, 2008 en Pittsburgh, Pa. : Sarah Palin "has had 12 years of elected office experience." John McCain dicho el Agosto 14, 2008 en a town hall in Aspen, Colo.: The musical Mamma Mia! has "been selling out for years." John McCain dicho el Julio 9, 2008 en a news release from McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds : Says Obama flip-flopped on warrantless wiretapping. John McCain dicho el Julio 11, 2008 en a TV ad airing Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico: U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan include a "few thousand that are still green card holders who are not even citizens of this country." John McCain dicho el Junio 25, 2008 en a Web ad.: Says Obama opposes offshore drilling and a gas tax holiday. John McCain dicho el Junio 18, 2008 en an interview with Springfield, Mo., News-Leader: "You know, the approval rating of Congress is down to 13 percent." John McCain dicho el Junio 14, 2008 en a virtual town hall meeting : "I joined the Gang of 14, seven Republicans, seven Democrats, so that we wouldn't blow up the United States Senate. Sen. Obama had the opportunity to join that group. He chose not to." John McCain dicho el Junio 17, 2008 en a TV ad: "John McCain stood up to the president and sounded the alarm on global warming ... five years ago." John McCain dicho el Junio 2, 2008 en a speech in Nashville, Tenn.: "The U.S. Navy has sailed ships around the world for 60 years with nuclear power plants on them and we've never had an accident." John McCain dicho el Junio 4, 2008 en St. Petersburg, Fla.: When the United States invaded Iraq, Saddam Hussein wanted to acquire weapons of mass destruction, and "he said so himself after his capture." John McCain dicho el Junio 3, 2008 en a campaign e-mail: "Obama voted to support President Bush between 40 and 50 percent of the time over the past two years." John McCain dicho el Mayo 28, 2008 en a town hall meeting in Reno, Nev.: "Sen. Obama has been to Iraq once." John McCain dicho el Mayo 19, 2008 en Chicago: "Sen. Obama has declared, and repeatedly reaffirmed his intention to meet the president of Iran without any preconditions." John McCain dicho el Febrero 6, 2008 en a TV ad airing in Virginia, the District of Columbia and Maryland: "One man sacrificed for his country. One man opposed a flawed strategy in Iraq. One man had the courage to call for change. One man didn't play politics with the truth. One man stands up to the special interests." John McCain dicho el Enero 28, 2008 en an ad on the Internet: Romney used to favor gun control, and said he didn't want to go back to Reagan-Bush. John McCain dicho el Enero 28, 2008 en an ad on the Internet: Mitt Romney previously believed "that abortion should be safe and legal in this country." Now he is "prolife."
John McCain dicho el Febrero 8, 2016 en remarks made on the Fox News segment, Outnumbered: North Korea’s missiles are "not going to have a capability to reach the United States anytime real soon."
John McCain dicho el Mayo 24, 2015 en an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": If you count United States airstrikes against ISIS, "75 percent of those combat missions return to base without having fired a weapon."
John McCain dicho el Septiembre 1, 2013 en an interview on "Face the Nation": Fleeing Syria, "a million children are now refugees."
John McCain dicho el Diciembre 14, 2010 en a statement on the U.S. Senate floor: Earmarks requested in a federal spending bill included "$277,000 for potato pest management in Wisconsin."
John McCain dicho el Junio 7, 2010 en a campaign commercial: After J.D. Hayworth "was voted out of Congress, he became a registered lobbyist" who was "paid thousands by a Florida corporation to lobby the very committee he used to serve on."
John McCain dicho el Febrero 25, 2009 en an interview on CNN's American Morning.: The omnibus spending bill has "9,427 pork barrel items."
John McCain dicho el Octubre 7, 2008 en Nashville, Tenn.: "Sen. Obama has never taken on his party leaders on a single major issue."
John McCain dicho el Octubre 29, 2008 en a TV interview: "Fidel (Castro) has made his preferences known in the campaign and had some very unkind things to say about me."
John McCain dicho el Octubre 15, 2008 en a debate in Hempstead, N.Y.: "Congressman John Lewis, an American hero, made allegations that Sarah Palin and I were somehow associated with ... the worst chapter in American history. ... And, Senator Obama, you didn't repudiate those remarks."
John McCain dicho el Octubre 7, 2008 en a debate in Nashville, Tenn.: "I have disagreed strongly with the Bush administration on this issue" of global warming.
John McCain dicho el Septiembre 26, 2008 en a debate in Oxford, Miss.: "The average South Korean is 3 inches taller than the average North Korean, a huge gulag."
John McCain dicho el Septiembre 4, 2008 en St. Paul, Minn.: "My grandfather came home from ... (World War II) exhausted from the burdens he had borne, and died the next day."
John McCain dicho el Septiembre 3, 2008 en a campaign news release.: "Governor Palin is the most popular governor in the country."
John McCain dicho el Agosto 30, 2008 en Pittsburgh, Pa. : Sarah Palin "has had 12 years of elected office experience."
John McCain dicho el Agosto 14, 2008 en a town hall in Aspen, Colo.: The musical Mamma Mia! has "been selling out for years."
John McCain dicho el Julio 9, 2008 en a news release from McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds : Says Obama flip-flopped on warrantless wiretapping.
John McCain dicho el Julio 11, 2008 en a TV ad airing Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico: U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan include a "few thousand that are still green card holders who are not even citizens of this country."
John McCain dicho el Junio 25, 2008 en a Web ad.: Says Obama opposes offshore drilling and a gas tax holiday.
John McCain dicho el Junio 18, 2008 en an interview with Springfield, Mo., News-Leader: "You know, the approval rating of Congress is down to 13 percent."
John McCain dicho el Junio 14, 2008 en a virtual town hall meeting : "I joined the Gang of 14, seven Republicans, seven Democrats, so that we wouldn't blow up the United States Senate. Sen. Obama had the opportunity to join that group. He chose not to."
John McCain dicho el Junio 17, 2008 en a TV ad: "John McCain stood up to the president and sounded the alarm on global warming ... five years ago."
John McCain dicho el Junio 2, 2008 en a speech in Nashville, Tenn.: "The U.S. Navy has sailed ships around the world for 60 years with nuclear power plants on them and we've never had an accident."
John McCain dicho el Junio 4, 2008 en St. Petersburg, Fla.: When the United States invaded Iraq, Saddam Hussein wanted to acquire weapons of mass destruction, and "he said so himself after his capture."
John McCain dicho el Junio 3, 2008 en a campaign e-mail: "Obama voted to support President Bush between 40 and 50 percent of the time over the past two years."
John McCain dicho el Mayo 28, 2008 en a town hall meeting in Reno, Nev.: "Sen. Obama has been to Iraq once."
John McCain dicho el Mayo 19, 2008 en Chicago: "Sen. Obama has declared, and repeatedly reaffirmed his intention to meet the president of Iran without any preconditions."
John McCain dicho el Febrero 6, 2008 en a TV ad airing in Virginia, the District of Columbia and Maryland: "One man sacrificed for his country. One man opposed a flawed strategy in Iraq. One man had the courage to call for change. One man didn't play politics with the truth. One man stands up to the special interests."
John McCain dicho el Enero 28, 2008 en an ad on the Internet: Romney used to favor gun control, and said he didn't want to go back to Reagan-Bush.
John McCain dicho el Enero 28, 2008 en an ad on the Internet: Mitt Romney previously believed "that abortion should be safe and legal in this country." Now he is "prolife."
