Romney's Binder Story Was A Lie

Andrew Sullivan points us to the true story:

What actually happened was that in 2002 -- prior to the election, not even knowing yet whether it would be a Republican or Democratic administration -- a bipartisan group of women in Massachusetts formed MassGAP to address the problem of few women in senior leadership positions in state government. There were more than 40 organizations involved with the Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus (also bipartisan) as the lead sponsor. They did the research and put together the binder full of women qualified for all the different cabinet positions, agency heads, and authorities and commissions. They presented this binder to Governor Romney when he was elected.

In other words, Romney did not, as he claimed, "make a concerted effort to find qualified women for my administration."  The group came to him with that binder and demanded his attention.

RELATED: Click over to Think Progress where Igor Volsky has listed thirty other lies told by Romney last night.