Promoting this from a comment in another thread as this story is getting curiouser and curiouser. I just finished talking to a friend who works in Congressman Lewis' office and he referred me to the original NYT article and that all Lewis' said was what was directly quoted, which didn't state he switched:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/15/us/politics/15clinton.html?hp
UPDATE: Rep. Lewis: Report of delegate switch to Obama 'not accurate', from AJC
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Rep. Lewis' influence is greater than our state, and there are still other huge states coming up....
It is crazy. I can't imagine the pressure he's now getting from supporters of both sides.
But it appears to me that he's [1] a man principled enough to make his endorsement publicly *before* his constituents voted, and [2] one of those rare politicians who seems to truly care about the meaning of his title, "Representative."