As any of my regular readers know, I often use sarcasm and exaggeration for comic effect. However, Tommy Christopher did not appreciate the implication that he stole his question and contacted me to ask for a correction. I am happy to oblige. I believe him when he says that:
I wrote a story about this for PoliticsDaily.com, and in that story I clearly link to several sources which I acknowledge played a part in the formulation of my question. This Daily Show clip, which I had not seen, is not among them. In fact, I started writing my story long before that Daily Episode was even taped. I was going to ask the question on Wednesday, but wasn't called on. There was no briefing Thursday, so I held the story to see if I could get the question in on friday.
Here's Christopher's article from Politics Daily. And here's the video again in case you missed it:
