The Truthiness Campaign

Hillary has been telling the story of an Ohio woman who was pregnant and had complications. There were no hospitals in her county and the hospital that the woman went to demanded $100 up front before they would see her since she was not insured. Originally Hillary simply said that someone told her this story but she didn't know any specifics. Later she came up with the name of the woman and the hospital.

Then the hospital objected. The woman in question was insured and was admitted. The Clinton campaign explained that they try to vet Hillary's stories but medical questions are confidential by federal law so they could not verify the details of the story. So they let Hillary go ahead and tell a story that may or may not be true because it was such a good story. Does anyone see a problem here?

Not that Obama is a font of font of veracity. While he was telling Ohio factory worker that he was against NAFTA one of his advisers was telling the Canadian government that this was just campaign talk, not his real views.

Then there is his position on gun control. He says that he will not take peoples' guns away, or at least not hunting weapons. A recent comment about the gun control case before the Supreme Court led conservatives to look at Obama's record on gun control. This is at odds with some of his current statements.

Then there's Obama's Iraq strategy. Last week he was asked how any troops he would leave in Iraq. He stammered something about enough to protect the embassy. But some of his campaign aides are talking about a 60,000 strong strike force which is pretty close to what McCain and Clinton have proposed.

Clearly Clinton and Obama will say anything that will get them elected. The trouble is that we don't know what to believe.