From Debian package 0.2.20100524-3

  * label /var/run/motd as initrc_var_run_t.

Index: policy/modules/kernel/files.fc
===================================================================
--- policy/modules/kernel/files.fc.orig
+++ policy/modules/kernel/files.fc
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@
 /var/tmp/vi\.recover	-d	gen_context(system_u:object_r:tmp_t,s0)
 
 ifdef(`distro_debian',`
-/var/run/motd		--	gen_context(system_u:object_r:etc_runtime_t,s0)
+/var/run/motd		--	gen_context(system_u:object_r:initrc_var_run_t,s0)
 # on Debian /lib/init/rw is a tmpfs used like /var/run but
 # before /var is mounted
 /lib/init/rw(/.*)?			gen_context(system_u:object_r:var_run_t,s0-mls_systemhigh)