Burris Says Audiotape Confirms Innocence

As a damaging audiotape of Senator Roland W. Burris began playing on seemingly every television and radio station here, he toured his home state Wednesday and portrayed that secretly recorded phone conversation, with the brother of the man who appointed him to the Senate, as proof that he had not tried to trade favors for the post. Related The Caucus: Senator Burris in the Cross-Hairs of 'Hardball' That portrayal astonished many....