Since When Has 'Straight Talk' Meant Lies?

clipped from www.factcheck.org John McCain is attacking Barack Obama's opposition to the Kyl-Lieberman amendment, which (among other things) called for labeling Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization. McCain claims that Obama's opposition means that he also opposed calling the IRGC terrorists. We find otherwise. Obama cosponsored an earlier bill that also called for designating the IRGC as a terrorist organization. The Kyl-Lieberman amendment did more than just label the IRGC terrorists. Obama stated at the time that he opposed the bill on the grounds that it constituted "saber-rattling." McCain claims that Obama must oppose calling the IRGC a terrorist group because Obama's Web site doesn't say anything about the IRGC. McCain's argument is a glaring example of the logical fallacy of argumentum ad ignorantiam.

Baghdad Johnny's been playing fast and loose with the facts lately. Another Annenberg item tells us, "McCain was asked by a New Orleans reporter why he voted twice against an independent commission to investigate the government’s failings before and after Hurricane Katrina, and he incorrectly stated that he had 'voted for every investigation.'" He voted against investigations in 2005 and 2006. When Obama pointed this out, McCain called the truth "tired negative attacks."

You stay classy, John.