Two weeks ago I wrote about Mike McGavick's preemptive confession of a 1993 DUI conviction, saying:

The only way this can hurt McGavick is if there is something else in his background that turns up between now and November 7. Then, having gone out of his way to confess to voters "the worst and most embarrassing moments" of his life, McGavick would look doubly bad - and he would pay for it dearly at the polls.

Over the weekend it was reported that McGavick omitted and/or misstated some of the details of the event. This isn't as bad as "something else" coming out, but it's pretty darn close because now, whether intentionally or unintentionally, McGavick has made it look as if his grand confession wasn't so grand after all, and that he was really to trying to fudge and finesse. Instead of the confession having the intended effect of building goodwill and preemptively defusing a potential landmine, the episode now has people scratching their heads and wondering whether McGavick is perhaps a little too slick. (And others asking if he's the new Gary Hart!)

Keep your eyes on the next batch of polls on this race to see whether McGavick is staying in this race or whether the publicity from his less than totally forthcoming confession may have blown his chances.