AP "FactCheck" distorted Dems' claim that McCain voted with Bush "90 percent of the time"

SUMMARY: Purporting to give "[s]ome examples of who said what -- and what they left out," an AP "FactCheck" pointed to Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey's and Gov. Ed Rendell's statements that Sen. John McCain votes with President Bush "90 percent of the time" or more and stated that "McCain wasn't always a staunch Bush backer. In 2005, his support for Bush's position on legislation reached a low of 77 percent." But contrary to the AP's suggestion, neither Casey nor Rendell asserted that McCain was "always a staunch Bush backer."

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