Washington ? Rep. Nick Smith told a Michigan radio station last week he was promised $100,000 for his son’s congressional campaign if he would vote for the Medicare bill, a contention he later said was “technically incorrect.”

WKZO-AM in Kalamazoo, Mich., on Monday released a Dec. 1 taped interview in which Smith said money was offered.

“Bradley, my son, is running for office, and so the first offer was to give him $100,000-plus for his campaign and endorsement by national leadership,” Smith said.

Smith wrote a Nov. 23 newspaper column in which he alleged “bribes and special deals were offered to convince members to vote yes.”

Smith backed away from the allegation last week, telling The Associated Press that someone outside Congress had simply offered his son “substantial and aggressive campaign support.”