[Michael.SF.]

I would have loved to be the 'fly on the wall' during the meeting that got him to change his mind.

[Nataku X]

Sounds like a genuine guilty conscience to me. A forced repentation does not usually materialize as an admission of guilt, but as some lame excuse such as "legal difficulties".

[Txsleuth]

I'm thinking the same thing as you---would love to have heard the conversation, BUT

Unlike some of ya'll, I am not ready to give this guy a pat on the back for doing the right thing---

I think he got a call from Simon & Shuster and his agent telling him to ixnay on the apestay, because there will be such a backlash, that he WON'T SELL ANY BOOKS TO THE PEOPLE THAY BUY THEM--CONSERVATIVES, REPUBLICANS---dems don't buy books, they go to the DNC website to get their talking points for the day....