[hinckley buzzard]

"Cleland said he gave Burkett's name and phone number to the campaign's research department."

I thought the original story was that Cleland told Burkett to call the campaign. This is different-- or am I misremembering?

[Nova Reservist]

Sorry, I don't know how to post a hyper link or whole article: what follows is from USA Today article from 20 minutes ago, new names! SVP Betsy West and screamin Howard Dean!

Yeah Baby!

"At Burkett's request, we gave his (telephone) number to the campaign," said Betsy West, senior CBS News vice president

"My interest was to get the attention of the national (campaign) to defend against the attacks," Burkett said, adding that he also talked to former Georgia senator Max Cleland and Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean during the past 45 days. "Neither the Democratic Party or the Kerry campaign had anything to do with the documents," he said.

[Real Cynic No More]

"Cleland said he gave Burkett's name and phone number to the campaign's research department."

I thought the original story was that Cleland told Burkett to call the campaign. This is different-- or am I misremembering?

The difficulty with telling lies is that it's a lot more difficult to remember the lie you made up than the truth that you lived.