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NBC and CBS also filed campaign features. NBC's In Depth saw Lisa Myers examine the porkbarrel spending records of the four members of the tickets. Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Sarah Palin each have used earmarks to funnel funds to their constituents. John McCain's "words pretty much match his deeds. He has not asked for an earmark in his 26-year career." On CBS, Seth Doane filed a Where They Stand feature to illustrate each party's platform on healthcare, specifically how they would cover employees of small businesses most of whom are now uninsured. Even though McCain and Obama have radically different financing proposals--McCain would offer tax credits to individuals; Obama would set up an employer-financed Health Insurance Exchange fund--Doane concluded that the upshot of both would be the same. Small businesses will not offer healthcare coverage to their workers while "it is likely that larger employers under both candidates' proposals would stay in the healthcare game to attract and retain good employees."
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