More easy lies by the candidate of "change."

In his first run for state senate, Obama released a voter survey that detailed his liberal stands on issues like gun control and abortion among others. When discovered by an anti-Obama group, the campaign issued a statement saying that Obama never saw the survey and that it was filled out by a staffer who "misrepresented" some of his positions.

Investigating the matter, Politico found out that in fact, Obama knew all about the survey:

But a Politico examination determined that Obama was actually interviewed about the issues on the questionnaire by the liberal Chicago non-profit group that issued it.

And it found that Obama – the day after sitting for the interview – filed an amended version of the questionnaire, which appears to contain Obama’s own handwritten notes adding to one answer.

The two questionnaires, provided to Politico with assistance from political sources opposed to Obama’s presidential campaign, were later supplied directly from the group, Independent Voters of Illinois – Independent Precinct Organization. Obama and his then-campaign manager, who Obama’s campaign asserts filled out the questionnaires, were familiar with the group, its members and positions, since both were active in it before his 1996 state Senate run.