nor was the florida democratic party truthful when it claimed that former republican congressman bill mccullumote, voted to dismantle social security. no, he did not. and while we're at it, that's a lot of lying nominees from florida. hmm. but at any rate none of those others were enough to win lie of the year. this year's winner was not only selected by the editors of politifact, it was also the people's choice. almost 4,000 readers voted. and here to tell us the lie of the year is the editor of politifact, bill adair. bill, and the winner is? >> the claim that the democratic health care bill is a government takeover of health care. >> reporter: a lie repeated far and wide and again and again. >> this is a government takeover of our health care system. >> government takeover. >> government takeover. >> government takeover. >> massive government takeover. >> reporter: and why is this the biggest lie of the year as opposed to all the other lies? >> it was so pervasive. it was said by the republican leadership, by republicans running for congress, said by republicans running for governor. and it