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He Said, He Said (Dotty Lynch, Douglas Kiker, Beth Lester, Clothilde Ewing, Dan Furman and Nathaniel Franks, 6/04/04, CBS News)

Alan Secrest, a pollster who "has severed" his relationship with the campaign of Virginia Rep. Jim Moran, has charged that the congressman made an anti-Semitic remark in a recent staff meeting, The Washington Post reports. Moran, who is in a tough primary race next Tuesday against Democratic lawyer Andy Rosenberg, has been dogged by an earlier comment that some considered anti-Semitic. He told the Post he was "stupefied" by Secrest's charge and called it a "a flat out lie."

Secrest, who has polled for over 300 Democratic House candidates, cut off his 20-year relationship with Moran is a letter saying he was upset over Moran's "increasingly erratic behavior."

"The final straw for me were your offensive remarks," Secrest wrote. He told the Post that it was "anti-Semitic in nature" but refused to say what the remark was. Former Dean campaign manger Joe Trippi was at the meeting when the alleged comment was made but defended Moran and said he didn't hear any inappropriate words. "There were some fairly harsh words" between Secrest and Moran about money and a poll, " Trippi said.