PolitiFact: Our first parental advisory on a Truth-O-Meter item

We don't expect there are too many kids reading PolitiFact, but just in case, we put a parental advisory on an item we published about Rush Limbaugh. Rush earned a Pants on Fire.

We've also got lots of new items, including:

• Howard Dean was wrong that Medicare and Social Security were passed without any Republican votes. We also used another statement by Dean to explore the truth about "rationing" in health care. The truth is that there is rationing under our current health care system and there would also be rationing under the reform plan.
  
• George Will had a perfect record of True ratings until he twisted the details of stimulus spending and earned a Barely True.
• Michael Steele was ridiculously wrong with his claim that a VA brochure encourages suicide. Steele earns a Pants on Fire.
  

Thanks for all the entries for PolitiFact goodies. We'll be sending T-shirts and mousepads and ashtrays to the winners next week.

We're also starting a new giveaway for people who suggest facts we should check. If we end up checking a fact you suggest (send them to truthometer@politifact.com), we'll send you a T-shirt. So keep the suggestions coming.

Cheers,

Bill Adair
Editor

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