He’s not saying it, but he’s saying it. Bernard Schoenburg covers it:
A few weeks ago, I had back-to-back telephone conversations with U.S. Rep. RAY LaHOOD, R-Peoria, and state Rep. Aaron Schock, another Peoria Republican who LaHood wants to be his successor in Congress.
Those conversations were odd because LaHood told me he had called Schock to recommend that Schock reimburse the city of Peoria for expenses surrounding a fundraising visit from President GEORGE W. BUSH. Schock, however, told me LaHood had told him not to pay. Schock said he later decided otherwise.
Last week, both appeared at a Statehouse news conference at which LaHood emphasized his support for Schock and demanded that Democratic candidate COLLEEN CALLAHAN pull a TV ad in part because it invokes LaHood’s name. I took the opportunity to ask which story about the Bush visit was right.
I didn’t exactly get a clear answer.
“I had a conversation with him,” LaHood said. “And we talked about it. I gave him some advice.”
What advice?
“I told you what advice,” LaHood said. “He has a different recollection of it.”