In 1987, John McCain cast several votes in an attempt to force the Reagan administration to meet with RENAMO¹, a guerrilla organization in Mozambique that State Department officials at the time described as a "terrorist group," ² without requiring that the group meet any preconditions.

John McCain has claimed that "the last president to raise taxes during tough economic times was Herbert Hoover." In fact, it was Ronald Reagan, and John McCain helped him do it.

One of the first major pieces of legislation John McCain ever voted on was the...

Despite Governor Sarah Palin's repeated insistence that she said "Thanks but no thanks to the Bridge to Nowhere," the project is still ongoing in Alaska. The "Bridge to Nowhere", more formally known as the Gravina Access Project, was frequently referenced by the McCain-Palin campaign as evidence of...

The fact that Republican candidate for vice president Sarah Palin slashed city funding for forensic rape exams when she was mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, has raised questions about her priorities as an executive. In fact, the controversial rape-kit funding cut was part of larger budget realignment...

The Kyl-Lieberman amendment "to express the sense of the Senate regarding Iran" has been the subject of much controversy and press coverage in the Democratic presidential primary. However, there has not been much of analysis of what Kyl-Lieberman actually entails.

One of the most common claims...

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Chris Dodd's recent efforts to appeal to new voters by contrasting his positions on means-testing for bankruptcy filers with John Edwards and Joe Biden are certainly timely, given current soaring foreclosure rates.

But why did Senator Biden and...