Did Blunt forget the company line?

Henry Herschel, Governor Blunt's general counsel, left his job Tuesday after he was appointed as an Administrative Law Judge by Blunt. Jessica Robinson, a spokeswoman for Blunt, stated that Herschel's departure was not requested by Blunt. This comes just a couple of weeks after Blunt's chief of staff, Ed Martin, resigned to "spend more time with his family." Herschel and Martin just happened to be at the center of the ongoing controversy regarding the Blunt administration's deletion of public records and firing of Scott Eckersley, the staff attorney who raised concerns about the deletion of emails.

Of course, no one believes that Martin and Herschel left voluntarily, however, you would think Blunt would remember the "official" story. Apparently not from the following quote which appeared in the CDT Politics Blog:

"It’s a big animal state government, so I imagine that my answer is yes,” Blunt said, when asked whether there would be further staff changes in the next couple of months. “We’re going to continue to find the right people for the right jobs. We are not a status quo administration by any means. We’re always trying to find out who’s the best person to fill this position or that position. With 60,000 state employees… there will be changes within state government.”

The question of whether there would be further staff changes in the next couple of months implies that Herschel and Martin did not leave on their own and Blunt's answer confirms that. I know this is one of those lies we are all supposed to accept but the least Blunt could do is play along.