Politico's Smith uncritically quoted McCain misrepresenting Biden proposal for Iraq
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The Politico's Ben Smith uncritically reported Sen. John McCain's false claim during the third presidential debate that Sen. Joe Biden has proposed “dividing Iraq into three countries.' ” In fact, Biden introduced a plan to "[m]aintain a unified Iraq by decentralizing it and giving Kurds, Shiites and Sunnis breathing room in their own regions."