The quote was from the Sun-Times article that I linked to in my first post, Amos, which I said. As to not "rebutting" the original statement, since her office made the original statement in the first place, that would be a bit absurd.
As to you, dear, delightful Jack--it was a part time teaching job, with a bit of resume padding--But do you think that the PR person for U of C law school is going to clip the wings of a faculty member who is possibly the next president? Think of all the fundraising dinners!!