A follow up to this item, regarding Barack Obama claiming to have no recollection of meeting Nadhmi Auchi, a “controversial Iraqi-born billionaire who Tony Rezko was trying to get to invest in a South Loop real-estate development.” In the Rezko trial, the prosecution’s star witness said Monday that Obama attended a party that Rezko threw for Auchi. While it’s still possible Obama never encountered Auchi at the party, it seems a little strange that an up-and-coming senatorial candidate and the guest of honor were never introduced to each other by the host.

The Chicago Sun-Times columnist Michael Sneed is saying the candidate is not being honest about this, as a an unidentified source of his hers claims Obama not only gave Auchi, “a big welcome . . . but he made a few toasts!”

UPDATE: Michael Sneed is female.