Thanks, except I now see my memory isn't what it should be. The reference back to 8/12 was to show that he had indeed acknowledged she had lost her son, and that he was not trying to say she had made that up. However, as pointed out here, if you check out the archives on right hand side of Rush's site, and click on the archive for "Thursday 8.18.05", you will see that that comment is included in his discussion of it.
thanks