ABC NEWS: Undermining McCain Campaign Attack, Republicans Back Obama‘s Version of Meeting With Iraqi Leaders. What's interesting is that they offer a better refutation than the Obama campaign's own rather non-denialish denial. This certainly underscores my initial reaction that such claims should be taken with a grain of salt, but it also suggests that the Obama message machine broke down -- their response to Taheri led me to believe his report more. And who did I get this story from? Not the Obama folks, but dedicated Obama supporter Mark Kleiman. Oh, well -- I guess they can rely on An Army of Kleimans!
UPDATE: Related item from Taheri, who notes numerous Obama statements consistent with his piece. I think I'll go with the Bush Administration officials on this, though.
