I never said he made it all up.
How many times have you had an altercation with someone, and when asked about it later by someone who wasn't there, distorted the events slightly to make a probable draw (or even a victory for the other side) seem more like a win for yourself? We've all done it.
Sure it is tough to be objective about who did what to whom in an emotional confrontation. In my professional life, when I get emotional vis a vis the opposition, it is an act done with calculation. Just indulging my emotions, without calculation, would be unprofessional, and dis-serve my client. Heck sometimes I have plotted my contretemps quite carefully in advance, on issues that I think require it. The world is all a stage - sometimes. And the most effective politicians, typically have considerably acting talents, as do the most effective lawyers, assuming they have the brains and discipline and knowledge, to have covered and know the facts and the law, and know it cold, with total mastery.
Ever think about writing some sort of book/manual for law students/lawyers about this sort of stuff? They don't teach this sort of wisdom in law school, at least not in the one I attended.
