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  Fred Thompson backs off lobbying denial
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Last EditedServo  Jul 16, 2007 10:11am
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News DateThursday, July 12, 2007 04:10:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionFred Thompson is backing off his flat denial that he once lobbied for an abortion-rights group. He now says he doesn’t remember it, but does not dispute evidence to the contrary.

The climb-down could be a significant embarrassment for a prospective candidate with a plain-spoken appeal and who has courted the GOP’s anti-abortion base, although Thompson and his advisers had signaled for several days that it was coming.
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