First, CBS News's Wyatt Andrews reports on a charge that Barack Obama often makes about John McCain's health care plan: that it will result in tax increases for tens of millions of Americans.
The truth is that it... well, it might not-- although McCain would require Americans to begin to pay taxes on the health benefits their employers provide to them, some analysts think that they'd get more than that money back in the form of the refundable tax credit that McCain is proposing to offset the tax hike. (We're talking about a tax on the benefit, not the benefit itself, and McCain would not apply the levy to the payroll tax.)
Of course, if employers drop coverage, the money McCain would give employees might not cover the cost of the premiums which average mroe than $12,000 per family. And one reason for changing the tax incentives is to put the kibosh on the employer-based system. Non-partisan analysts don't think McCain's plan would expand coverage.
And Jake Tapper of ABC News calls Obama out for a tough and misleading radio ad he's running now featuring Rush Limbaugh.
On its face, the notion that John McCain and Rush Limbaugh share the same position on immigration reform is absurd. McCain has changed his tone and his emphasis to move closer to his party, but he's not changed his position, and if he's elected president (with a Democratic Congress), well, here's betting that Mr. Limbaugh won't like the McCain immigration law.
And the only reason why Limbaugh has softened his tone about McCain is because of Sarah Palin.
The ad associates McCain and Limbaugh through the bridge of the Republican Party, but on immigration, the comparison is misleading.
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