Guess what? Now we have Cadman’s son-in-law saying he was also told by Cadman about the life insurance overture by the Conservatives to Cadman in exchange for his vote:
Well it’s not really what I think, it’s pretty much what I know. I could speculate about a whole bunch of things but I’m not going to do that but I can tell you that according to Chuck when he did get back from Ottawa he did specifically tell me this offer was made.” That is Holland Miller, Cadman’s son-in-law who says the offer specifically was for a life insurance policy, even though Cadman was seriously sick with cancer. “Yes, that’s exactly what he told me….he said a million dollar life insurance policy. Now I know that doesn’t make a lot of sense to what people are saying but that’s exactly what he had said.”
I can just hear it now over at Blogging Tory land: “It’s a Cadman family conspiracy!”
(H/T to Kady O’Malley, who has been right on the blogging ball following this story)
The Canadian press is confirming (what we in the reality based community already knew) that a one million dollar insurance policy in the circumstances would have been impossible.
To recap:
Cadman says no deal was made.
Harper says no deal was made.
The allegation was a deal which was impossible to carry out.
We know no deal was consummated because Cadman voted against the government.
And this context: A deal WAS made at the very same time with Belinda Stronach, (by the Liberals) in which she was awarded a cabinet position with more money and presitge, in exchange for switching sides.
An illogical, impossible allegation, that was never carried out,
versus,
a deal that was certainly carried out, with the effect that the government maintained its position of power amidst the worst corruption scandal in Canadian history.
Another brilliant move by Harper allowing this to come to the fore. Once again, he plays chess while Dion stumbles about playing checkers.