Washington Independent Fact Checks Sen. McCain's Opinion Of FactCheck.org

While speaking on the floor of the Senate today, Sen. John McCain used a 2008 posting from FactCheck.org to push back against claims made by Majority Leader Harry Reid.

Over at the Washington Independent, Matthew DeLong recalls a question he asked McCain during the heat of the presidential campaign.  As it turns out, McCain hasn't always been such a fan...

In the heat of the campaign last year, I asked McCain if he had any comment on a series of FactCheck.org analyses that found that many of his campaign advertisements contained false or misleading information. McCain responded by chuckling and giving a rather dismissive answer that failed to address the heart of the question.

Me: Senator, FactCheck.org, the nonpartisan fact-checking Website, has cited nine - eight or nine - of your recent ads as containing false or misleading information. I was wondering how you would respond to this, and how do you reconcile it with your pledge to run an honorable campaign?

McCain: [Chuckling] I don't respond to Websites that I have no idea what they're talking about. I'm proud of our campaign. We have been fair. We have been balanced, and we have clearly pointed out the differences between myself and Sen. Obama.

So in August of last year, McCain had a low opinion of FactCheck.org when it was criticizing the factual basis of his campaign ads. But today, McCain requested that one of the site's reports that supported him be entered into the Congressional Record.

Read the rest HERE.