Washington Times Retracts Kerry-Iraq Statement Claim
First the Washington Times "Inside the Beltway" columnist John McCaslin reports information he received from Rep. Peter King(R-NY) about an Iraq statement Kerry allegedly made when the two were on a Crossfire show in November, 1997. The gist of King's claim was that Kerry, during the show,endorsed a preemptive strike against Iraq. King claimed he had a videotape to prove Kerry made the statement. The Washington Times said no transcripts were available.
Drudge picked the story up. But even Tom MacGuire and Powerline were skeptical.
Lexis to the rescue. Of course there are Crossfire transcripts from 1997. Transcript obtained. Kerry never said it.
Today's Washington Times contains this retraction by McCaslin:
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