McCain jumping on "it's Obama's fault" when Republicans pushed for it.

McCain jumping on "it's Obama's fault" when Republicans pushed for it.

This line of attack has angered Democrats, who argue it is hypocritical for Romney to blame Obama when congressional Republicans were the driving force behind a compromise to cut $1.2 trillion from the budget, split evenly between defense and domestic non-defense programs.

We've all seen the ads on TV with politicians making all kinds of claims to score points hoping the American people don't really know what is going on. They count on our ignorance.

The ad by Romney and company say that Obama cut $500 billion from Medicare but they left this part out.

Obama administration claims record $4.1 billion in Medicare fraud savings
By Julian Pecquet
02/14/12

The Obama administration saved the federal Medicare program $4.1 billion last year thanks to its investments in efforts to prevent fraud, waste and abuse, according to a new report from the Justice and Health and Human Services departments.

That's almost twice the $2.14 billion in fraudulent claims recouped in 2008, according to the report, while the number of individuals charged with fraud increased 75 percent — to 1,403 — over the same time period.

The report credits investments made in the healthcare reform law, including tougher sentencing guidelines, enhanced screening for Medicare providers and suppliers, better coordination between health and law enforcement officials and technological investments.

So where did the $500 billion claim come from? This.

Q. So Medicare will remain untouched at least until next year?

No. The 2010 health law made some potentially important money-saving changes to the program. It saved $500 billion in Medicare spending over 10 years, in part by cutting rates to private Medicare Advantage plans and by reducing payments to hospitals and other medical providers. It also requires higher-income seniors to pay more for their care. In addition, the law created a yet-to-be-constituted panel of experts, called the Independent Payment Advisory Board, to cap federal spending on Medicare at no more than the growth rate of gross domestic product plus 1 percent.

Does McCain explain why he wanted Sarah Palin over Romney when he had to pick the person he'd most like to see take his place?

Where is McCain who constantly claims to be all about veterans on any of this? Does he know most Vietnam veterans are on Medicare now? They are paying attention to what is real and they know McCain has voted against them most of the time.

Barack Obama/Jim Webb vs John Mccain - Veteran GI Bill



At 1:50, then Senator Obama took on McCain and President Bush because they said the GI bill was too good and would cause the troops to leave the military.

Is anyone in Washington honest anymore? For heaven's sake, this country has enough differences on what is real. Why do they have to make stuff up when they are the ones who caused it in the first place? How can they expect us to trust them enough to elect them after they lie to us? If they don't respect us now enough to tell the truth, they sure won't do it after they get what they want!