Jesse Jackson Jr. Called a Liar By Chicago Sun-Times

Jesse Jackson Jr. is at the Mayo Clinic.The Chicago Sun-Times reports :

When he quickly trimmed down in 2005, Jackson misled two Sun-Times reporters about how he achieved the loss. At the Congressional Dinner in 2005, he told the Sun-Times he dropped the pounds through a strictly limited diet and a lot of exercise. He offered even more details about his new routine to another Sun-Times reporter for a story. In both cases he omitted the crucial detail — that he had surgical procedure to quick start his weight loss. At the time, Jackson was proud of his new body. Rather than just decline to give personal details about his loss, he spun a story that just was not true.

When Jackson finally revealed the truth in a letter to the Sun-Times, he said the duodenal switch he underwent in December 2004 was a minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery, not a “gastrointestinal bypass.”

The Obama 2008 National Campaign Co-Chair.