Tennesseefree.com

Newsweek:

A sworn deposition that Sen. John McCain gave in a lawsuit more than five years ago appears to contradict one part of a sweeping denial that his campaign issued this week to rebut a New York Times story about his ties to a Washington lobbyist.
On Wednesday night the Times published a story suggesting that McCain might have done legislative favors for the clients of the lobbyist, Vicki Iseman, who worked for the firm of Alcalde & Fay.

The lie:

The McCain campaign issued a point-by-point response that … insisted that McCain had never even spoken with anybody from Paxson or Alcalde & Fay about the matter.

The lie confirmed by McCain himself:

“I was contacted by Mr. Paxson on this issue,” McCain said in the Sept. 25, 2002, deposition obtained by NEWSWEEK. “

Transcript where McCain confirms the lie:

ABRAMS: Do you know were they got the information?
MCCAIN: No, but I would add, I was contacted by Mr. Paxson on this issue. […]
ABRAMS: Did you speak to the company’s lobbyist about these matters?
MCCAIN: I don’t recall if it was Mr. Paxson or the company’s lobbyist or both.
ABRAMS: But you did speak to him?
MCCAIN: I’m sure I spoke with him, yes.

UPDATE:From Glen Greenwald:

Had they been straightforward about it that way, then it could be chalked up, at least theoretically, to honest lack of recall. But that isn’t what they did. Instead, when confronted with the discrepancy, the McCain campaign lied about the testimony, offering a patently absurd explanation for what McCain meant when he testified: “I’m sure I spoke with him, yes.” That behavior is highly suggestive of a deliberate attempt to mislead — just going into full-blown defense mode and saying anything without regard to truth.

More GAME OVER for the GOP