I see McAuliffe is also saying this. Whatever - it only keeps the story going and drowning out Kerry from getting any message out. (In fact, it is so obvious that you have to wonder whether this is all intentional to have Kerry lose and make way for Hillary - look at all the visible Kerry players seen recently regarding RatherGate: Lockhart, McAuliffe, Wolfson, ... all Clinton people).
Political operatives, by law, should be forced to wear a portable lie detector that uses LED output on a badge they'd have to wear in the front of their shirt.
But, in this case, all they need to be are Democrats and you can be 99.9% certain they are lying.
And don't forget every time the story runs, up comes that nice photo of W in a flight suit. Don't discount the power of that image compared to long-haired wierdo sKerry in his protest fatigues.