EDITOR’S NOTE: A look at the veracity of claims by political figuresTrump, Clinton, debate, elections, US, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, fact checkWASHINGTON — Donald Trump mischaracterized the record on Hillary Clinton’s defense of her husband and her own treatment of women when he brought up Bill Clinton’s sexual history and other episodes of the past. ___CLINTON: “We are now, for the first time ever, energy independent.”THE FACTS: Clinton inaccurately overstates the case. As president, Clinton would push for a government-sponsored insurance plan in the health care markets created by President Barack Obama’s health care law, as an alternative to private insurance. ___TRUMP: “I would not have had our troops in Iraq.”THE FACTS: Trump actually offered lukewarm support for invading Iraq before the war began. A complete repeal of the health care law would wipe the slate clean and lawmakers would have to start over.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 10, 2016 07:41 UTC