claim: "last week senator obama's running mate said, get this, 'raising taxes is patriotic.' "
author: john mccain
evidence_1: may 23, 2012 ... as we have determined by a coin toss, the first question will go to senator biden,  with a 90-second follow-up from governor palin. the house of .... but we do need  tax relief and barack obama even supported increasing taxes as late as last year  for those families making only $42,000 a year. that's a lot of ...
evidence_2: after the final presidential debate, mccain and his running mate sarah palin  frequently repeated the charge in campaign speeches that "joe the plumber"  would pay higher taxes under obama and biden's plan, although according to  tax analysts neither wurzelbacher nor the company he works for would actually  be subject ...
evidence_3: oct 15, 2008 ... let's get to it. another very bad day on wall street, as both of you know. both of  you proposed new plans this week to address the economic crisis. senator  mccain, you proposed a $52 billion plan that includes new tax cuts on capital  gains, tax breaks for seniors, write-offs for stock losses, among other ...
evidence_4: apr 16, 2008 ... obama: thank you very much, charlie and george. and thanks to all in the  audience and who are out there. you know, senator clinton and i have been  running for 15 months now. we've been traveling across pennsylvania for at least  the last five weeks. and everywhere i go, what i've been struck by is ...
evidence_5: jul 7, 2016 ... reflecting on the case last fall, kaine—now a 58-year-old democratic us senator  from virginia—said it prompted a “'there but for the grace of god go i' .... opponent  in the 2005 race, republican attorney general jerry kilgore, painted kaine as a  crazed liberal out to expand government and raise taxes.