Five rulings that matter

By Times Wires
Published December 2, 2007

JOHN McCAIN

Woodstock

"Senator Clinton tried to spend $1-million on the Woodstock Concert Museum." - Oct. 21, 2007, in a Republican debate in Orlando.

Analysis

Good research allows a clean hit on a rival, invoking the era when people inhaled.

MITT ROMNEY

Defense cuts

President Clinton "reduced the scale of our military dramatically." - Oct. 21, 2007, in a Republican debate in Orlando

Analysis

Cherry-picking the facts to make a partisan attack.

RUDY GIULIANA

Health care

"I had prostate cancer, five, six years ago. My chance of surviving prostate cancer, and thank God I was cured of it, in the United States, 82 percent. My chances of surviving prostate cancer in England, only 44 percent under socialized medicine." - Oct. 31, 2007

Analysis

Relying on the wrong numbers to attack state-run health care.

RUDY GIULIANA

Defense cuts

Rudy Giuliani on cancer - He claimed the survival rate for prostate cancer was much higher in the U.S. than Great Britain. But his numbers were wrong.

Analysis

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JOHN EDWARDS

Rural education

"Rural schools enroll 40 percent of American children, but receive only 22 percent of federal education funding." - Sept. 21, 2007, in Des Moines, Iowa

Analysis

Sloppy research to boost a key proposal in his antipoverty agenda.

HILLARY CLINTON

Medical funding

"It's just outrageous that under President Bush, the National Institutes of Health have been basically decreased in funding." - Oct. 30, 2007, in Philadelphia

Analysis

Bad math for a partisan attack.

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