You can't make this stuff up: in an online virtual debate on technology sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences and dozens of leading universities, John McCain responded to a question about policies supporting innovation by trumpeting his legislative experience, in a fashion eerily reminiscent of claims attributed to a certain Vice President:

Under my guiding hand, Congress developed a wireless spectrum policy that spurred the rapid rise of mobile phones and Wi-Fi technology that enables Americans to surf the web while sitting at a coffee shop, airport lounge, or public park.
— Via Sciencedebate2008

In any just and fair world, the press corps would be all over that, like stink on...uh... like the odor of mendacity on a serial prevaricator. Of course, in a fair world, we'd be in Gore's second term. But wait, there's more. Just today, a senior advisor threw in the BlackBerry. Responding to a question about how McCain's experience on the commerce committee prepared him to cope with the meltdown du jour, McCain advisor Douglas Holtz-Eakin said:

"He didn’t have jurisdiction over financial markets, first and foremost," Mr. Holtz-Eakin said, before wandering into more politically perilous ground.

"But he did this," he said, holding up what looked like a BlackBerry. "The telecommunications of the United States, the premier innovation of the past 15 years, comes right through the commerce committee. So you're looking at the miracle that John McCain helped create. And that's what he did."
— Via The New York Times

Analysis of McCain's actual votes (hint: voted against Telecommuncations Act of 1996) and commentary at DailyKos.

Visit Sciencedebate2008 to see the rest of the side-by-side answers to a series of science and technology policy questions by Obama and McCain.