Daniels, whose campaign tried tar Faso (who was until this winter a registered lobbyist) as an Albany insider, was asked at a press conference this morning what had changed his mind about the former Assembly minority leader, and he replied simply:

“That was then, this is now. The point is in a campaign, you try to take facts and you try to lay those facts out in a way that’s to your advantage, and I think we did that. But ‘’ve talked with John about his role in Albany, and I’m satisfied with his explanation.