[AaronInCarolina]

Ok, now you got me laughing again. I didn't even think about the fact that single solitary mistake that he made was that one word. HAHAHAHA!

Ask yourself this question... If neither Kerry, nor any of his aides, disputed the transcription and immediately went into defending the use of the words, then WHAT IN THE WORLD WOULD LEAD THE JOURNALIST TO QUESTION THE INTEGRITY OF THE TRANSCRIPTION AND RETURN TO SEARCH FOR ERRORS???

[Piranha]

As I wrote a moment ago, the reporter said that he went back to listen to the tape because he had written that Kerry said he "met" with these leaders, and Kerry was denying it.

In listening to the tape, the reporter confirmed that Kerry is a liar and that he did say that he met with those leaders. However, he also noted that he mistranscribed a potentially important word, writing "foreign" for "more", which he probably did because in the context it was clear that Kerry was referring to foreign leaders.

In his panic about mistranscribing potentially a key word, he sent an immediate correction to the world.

I don't think this was coordinated with the Kerry campaign, because (a) Kerry didn't deny that he was referring to foreign leaders, (b) the correction confirms that Kerry said that he met with them when he did not do so and (c) the change is a distinction without a difference. It doesn't make Kerry's statement any better.