PolitiFact Virginia listened in on Thursday's U.S. Senate debate between Republican George Allen and Democrat Tim Kaine. In the coming days, we plan to run several of their claims through our Truth-O-Meter. Look for them in the Richmond Times-Dispatch or on our website, PolitiFactVirginia.com. For starters, we thought we would review a number of statements at the debate that PolitiFact has previously researched. Allen: "I opposed this (debt ceiling) deal last summer." Allen was referring to an increase in the national debt limit that was passed Aug. 2, 2011 — the day the U.S. would have started defaulting on...
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