WASHINGTON — In President Bush's aggressive attack on Sen. John F. Kerry's 20-year Senate record during their debate Friday, the facts may have taken the worst beating of all.

[W]hile that headline emphasizes both the candidates' inaccuracies, the actual story outlines twice as many falsehoods committed by Bush. And while Kerry's distortions were more in the neighborhood of misestimates ("some analysts say he is underestimating the cost of his healthcare plan"), more of Bush's inaccuracies fell into the category of just plain wrong (Bush saying the Duelfer report said U.N. weapons inspections in Iraq weren't working, when in fact the report said years of inspections worked extremely well).