U.S. Rep. Walter Jones' chief of staff says he never voted to impeach the vice president. 

After Dome posted a link to a post by David Frum asserting that Jones voted to impeach Cheney, Glen Downs, Jones' chief of staff, called to say that Frum was wrong.

In November, there was an effort by Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich to impeach Cheney for "fabricating a threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction" to justify the war in Iraq.

The vote involved some strange manuevers, in which the Republicans tried to force a vote to portray the Democrats as extreme, and the Democratic leadership tried to ship the measure to committee to kill it.

Jones voted against a motion to suspend the rules and consider the impeachment measure, Downs said. Jones then voted to send the measure to committee to kill it.

"He never voted to impeach Cheney," Downs said.

Previously: Jones gets help from GOP establishment. 

David Frum praised Joe McLaughlin's campaign for Congress.

In a post earlier today, we wrote that the conservative National Review had "praised" McLaughlin, a former Onslow County commissioner running against U.S. Rep. Walter Jones in the Republican primary.

Some Jones supporters complained about that wording, so we thought we would clarify things.

David Frum, a former speechwriter for President Bush, wrote in his online blog at the National Review's Web site last November that he was hosting a fundraiser for McLaughlin because of Jones' actions:

Walter Jones, Republican from the 3d congressional district of North Carolina, has lengthened his list of destructive and embarrassing actions by joining the far-left of the Democratic House members to vote in favor of advancing articles of impeachment against Vice President Cheney.

He also said McLaughlin was a "distinguished American" who would "restore dignity" to the Republican House caucus.

Update: Jones' chief of staff says he "never voted" to impeach Cheney.