I think it is. The link below gives evidence.
PS I don’t use the word “lying” lightly. A lie has to involve wilfull alteration of the truth.
JUNE 17, 2010 Crude Politics
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704198004575311033371466938.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLETopStories
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