Jeff Zeleny, the writer of The New York Times's disputed story today reporting that Rep. John Lewis, a Hillary supporter, will vote for Obama at the convention, just went on CNN and stood by his reporting, offering some key clarification.

He said:

When I talked to Congressman Lewis last night, he said, "look, the voters in his district on Super Tuesday in Georgia overwhelmingly supported the candidacy of Senator Barack Obama. And he said he would quote, "never ever do anything to go against the action of them." So he says, if this comes down to be a super-delegate vote — which he hopes and believes it will not — that he will support Senator Obama. But even more than that, he says he's concerned about this campaign going into a long fight to the convention. He said it would be damaging to Senator Obama and to Senator Clinton. And he said unequivocally that he would cast his vote for Senator Obama.

So according to Zeleny, Lewis said that if this comes down to a scenario where super-delegates will be required to decide the outcome, he will definitely vote for Obama. This appears to suggest that he'll vote for Obama whether or not he wins the pledged delegate count, because he wants to honor the wishes of his own constituents. In other words, Zeleny is standing by the story.

There was no direct quote from Lewis on the vote in the Times story. And according to The Washington Post, a Lewis spokesperson earlier said the Times story was inaccurate, though she didn't specify precisely what Lewis did say. She could have meant that it was inaccurate to say that this constituted a switch in endorsements, for instance, a version that wouldn't be at odds with what Zeleny said above.

Lewis' office will be releasing a statement with further clarification today. We'll keep you posted.