Obama Claims Came Up With The Plan For That Stimulus Bill..Democrats Claim He Is Wrong..McCain Lays Him Out
“In January, I outlined a plan to help revive our faltering economy,” Obama said, “which formed the basis for a bipartisan stimulus package that passed the Congress.”
Is that true?
Democrats on Capitol Hill who support Obama say no.
Wanting Obama to win, however, none will say so on the record.
But media accounts from the time make it clear that even though Obama, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., all offered legislation to provide stimulus to the economy, congressional leaders looped them and their legislation out of negotiations:
[T]hough the bill that eventually passed more closely resembled Obama’s than either Clinton’s or McCain’s, those involved in the drafting of the legislation say it was more a matter of agreeing on a good idea [to issue rebate checks] and was not a matter of, as Obama claimed, his proposal having “formed the basis for a bipartisan stimulus package that passed the Congress.”
Remember when I posted this back in July?:
While speaking in Israel, Obama tried to take credit for work on a bill done by the Senate Banking Committee.  You can see the video here. The problem is, Obama doesn’t belong on the Banking committee, nor any of the subcommittees.  Maybe now we know why Barack Obama never called a meeting of his subcommittee on European relations to discuss the NATO effort in Afghanistan.  This point was made in a Salon article back in December 2007
“I exaggerate when I’m angry.”
H/T to Ace and Allahpundit
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