[philman_36]

You know the real reason he was sent those copies? It was to force him to choose between accepting them as real or supporting the birthers. A come to Jesus moment so to speak. Politics is a dirty business and the Chicago crowd are the dirtiest around.

Why would he need to be "forced" to accept anything?

[Harlan1196]

Maybe forced was too strong a word - lets just say that it laid out his choices very clearly. Accept conventional wisdom that the BCs were valid or go down the birther path.

His office accepted those birth certificates without question or comment.