A WaPo editorial tried to stay above partisanship by faulting both presidential candidates for bringing up race in the campaign. They charge that Obama brought up the idea of his face on the dollar. The problem with the claim, as Mark Thoma of Economist’s View shows, is that McCain ran adds with Obama’s face on the dollar before Obama brought up the issue. I suspect the WaPo editors couldn’t find any real fault with Obama’s behavior, but wanted to appear above the fray so they found an easy criticism and didn’t find the need to fact check it.
