claim: barack obama's plan calls for "mandates and fines for small businesses."
author: john mccain
evidence_1: if you're a small business and don't "adopt the health care plan that senator  obama mandates, he's going to fine you." — politifact national on wednesday,  october 15th, 2008. false. small businesses exempt from obama's plan. john  mccain · barack obama's plan calls for "mandates and fines for small businesses .".
evidence_2: oct 8, 2008 ... mccain misstated his own health care plan and obama's in one sentence:  mccain: i am in favor of . . . giving every american a $5,000 refundable tax credit  and go out and get the health insurance you want rather than mandates and fines  for small businesses, as sen. obama's plan calls for. mccain's plan ...
evidence_3: oct 7, 2008 ... presidential candidates john mccain and barack obama debated in nashville,  tennessee, on tuesday night. ... to giving every american a $5,000 refundable  tax credit and go out and get the health insurance you want rather than mandates  and fines for small businesses, as sen. obama's plan calls for.
evidence_4: oct 7, 2008 ... senator john mccain (r-az) and senator barack obama (d-il) meet at belmont  university for the second of three presidential debates prior to the 2008… ... tax  credit and go out and get the healthinsurance you want, rather than mandates  and fines for smallbusinesses as senator obama's plan calls for.
evidence_5: mccain misstated obama's health care plan, claiming it would levy fines on “ small businesses” that fail to provide health insurance. actually, obama's plan ...  then and we stand by that. obama's plan mandates coverage for children, but not  for adults, and it does not require anyone to be covered by a nationalized system.