"My quotes were misreported" - Udall

Claim: "My quotes were misreported."

That's Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mark Udall, during an
interview Friday with the blog PolitikerCO. He's referring to the
statement he made during a mini Senate debate on Meet the Press, when
he called for Rep. Charles Rangel to give up his chairmanship of the
powerful House Ways and Means Committee during on ongoing ethics
investigation.

Facts: Claiming that his comment — "I think it would be
helpful if Charles Rangel stepped down" — was misreported is flatly
untrue and a surprising statement, given the fact that Udall made it on
national television. He may be claiming that he didn't mean it as a
call for Rangel to step down, given that Udall also said in the same
interview, "I think it's his decision whether he steps down or not as
chairman."

Still, trying to clarify his comments is not the same as
saying they were "misreported." And to just about anyone, the phrase "I
think it would be helpful if Charles Rangel stepped down" means just
that: Udall thinks Rangel should step down.

Claim: "That statement you read I think is even more than a
year old already, and it was before there was a clear indication that
the surge had
worked."

That's Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bob Schaffer, a week ago
on "Meet the Press," when moderator Tom Brokaw read back Schaffer's
remarks that a U.S. troop pullout should only come once Iraq is stable,
something which is "not going to be in the next two or three years,
mostly likely."

Facts: In fact, Schaffer made that comment during a Senate
debate in July, less than three months ago and long after it had been
clear to U.S. military officials and the public that the troop surge
was working.

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