Not in those words, but in what appears to be a late Saturday night/Sunday morning news drop, they're admitting what the Globe reported today.  CNN has it.

I hope this gets discussed on the Sunday morning shows.  Obama has a narrative now.  He needs to reinvigorate his campaign, and what can be more inspiring than showing that he won't go the way of Kerry?

It's nice that the media is finally doing its job.  I think the McCain campaign started to feel like they could say anything and wouldn't pay consequences.  In recovery lingo the media has been an "enabler."

Sorry this is a short diary, but I don't want this news to be lost and I'm just too tired this late to write up anything profound about this.  Everything's been said.  McCain lies.  Big lies.  Small lies.  Nasty lies.  Stupid lies.

But most significantly, this is an official admission of a lie. I'm not sure why McCain did it at all.