TalkingPointsMemo

While John McCain accuses Barack Obama of breaking his word on public financing for the general election, the Republican is the one who broke the law when he opted into the public financing system for the primaries and then exceeded the system’s spending limits, writes Josh Marshall. While McCain’s campaign has said that it opted out of the system, Marshall writes that it can’t leave unilaterally. And while Cindy McCain raised questions about Michelle Obama’s statement about not being proud of her country until recently, John McCain has said numerous times that he didn’t love his country until he left to fight in Vietnam, writes Marshall, who highlights the quotes dug up by MSNBC.