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Specter, White House differ over, then “clarify,” Miers’ views

Ready for some telephone?

Yesterday Miers paid a courtesy call on Sen. Specter, who then reported that Miers told him she accepted the Griswold “privacy” case as rightly decided.

Oops. That’s not precisely her planned line on abortion and privacy issues. So …

However, after the White House took exception to Specter’s comments, the Pennsylvania Republican late Monday released a statement saying that Miers later called him to tell him that he had “misunderstood” her answer — and that she had not taken a position on either Griswold or the right to privacy, the legal underpinning for the 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision legalizing abortion.

Specter’s carefully worded statement did not withdraw his comments about Miers discussing Griswold with him, nor did it offer a correction. However, the statement said the chairman accepted Miers contention “that he misunderstood what she said.”

Maybe Scott McClellan should testify for her.

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