He's especially been busted on the "Kerry voted against major weapons systems" RW meme, by David Brock and John McCain alike.
"That's not fair," cries Sean Hannity.
From the May 12 "Hannity and Colmes" on Fox, via David Brock's Media Matters:
http://mediamatters.org/items/200405140005HANNITY: You know, Senator, when Reagan was winning the Cold War, John Kerry wanted a nuclear freeze. When he could have voted for the death penalty for terrorists in '89, he didn't do it, the ones that kill Americans. He voted -- After the first World Trade Center bombing, he had he Kerry Amendment. Ted Kennedy couldn't ever vote for it. It would have cut $6 billion from our intelligence community. He's voted against just about every major weapons system we now have.
He is -- and he's the most liberal senator. He could be your friend, but he's the most liberal senator, according to the "National Journal." He is what he is, and to point this out in his record is a fair thing to do, isn't it?
MCCAIN: He'll have to defend his own record.
I would be accused of voting against numerous weapon systems, because I voted against defense appropriations bills because they're loaded down with pork. And they're obscene today with all of the pork-barrel spending and multi-trillion dollar deficits. I'll probably vote against the defense appropriations bill this year. I was accused of voting against breast cancer research because that was on a defense appropriations bill that I voted against, so...
HANNITY: But on defense issues, the most important issue of our time, that your guy is George W. Bush, right?
MCCAIN: He is my guy. I'm campaigning for him. I'm supporting his re-election. I want him to be re-elected. I believe he has led this nation with moral clarity. But I was also subjected to allegations of being against things like breast cancer research, which was on a defense appropriations bill.
HANNITY: I remember. That's not fair. I understand.