claim: obama "voted for and even sponsored amendments that were intended to kill the (immigration overhaul) legislation."
author: john mccain
evidence_1: jun 24, 2012 ... in july 2008, john mccain accused him of having "voted for and even sponsored  amendments that were intended to kill the [immigration overhaul] legislation."  later, he singled out obama's support for an amendment "that basically gutted  the legal temporary worker problem," allying himself with organized ...
evidence_2: nov 21, 2014 ... john mccain, r-ariz., would consult before voting on amendments, voting  against them as a group even when they personally supported them if they .....  there is much dispute about whether the union-backed amendments obama  supported "were intended to kill the legislation," as mccain has asserted.
evidence_3: jul 7, 2010 ... back then, he said obama "voted for and even sponsored amendments that were  intended to kill the (immigration overhaul) legislation." in his 2008 broadside  against obama, and again sunday on this week, mccain refers to a series of  votes the senate took in early june 2007 at a particularly sensitive ...
evidence_4: jun 14, 2007 ... the dorgan amendment is a classic poison pill: designed to kill, not improve, the  bill. its passage makes resurrection of immigration reform all the more difficult.  decisive votes by demint and obama were not appreciated by the bipartisan  group that had crafted the bargain intended to secure america's ...
evidence_5: jul 17, 2008 ... it was the right thing to do for all americans," mccain said, adding obama "voted  for and even sponsored amendments that were intended to kill the (immigration  overhaul) legislation." mccain was referring to a series of votes the senate took  in early june 2007 at a sensitive time in the immigration debate, ...