New York Newsday's Tom Brune scores a major scoop this morning that shows John Rboerts has not been entirely forthright with the United States Senate.

John G. Roberts yesterday conceded he should have said he was registered to lobby on behalf of the cosmetics industry in the completed questionnaire he submitted Tuesday to the Senate for his Supreme Court confirmation hearings.

In an amendment filed yesterday in response to a Newsday story about the omission, Roberts confirmed he was registered to lobby for the Cosmetics, Toiletry and Fragrance Association and had met with two agencies on its behalf in 2001.

Roberts also said it was "appropriate" for his former firm to file the lobbying disclosures, but said he omitted the cosmetics group when answering the questionnaire because he thought his work was a legal task, not lobbying.

But Food and Drug Administration records show Roberts was working for the cosmetics group earlier and for a longer period than he says in his amended filing and that is shown in the lobby disclosure forms filed by his former firm, Hogan & Hartson.

Should Roberts' nomination be derailed, it would most certainly not be on the basis of his views; rather, issues like misleading the Senate could have more sway with Senators than anything else. This is not to say that Roberts' nomination is in jeopardy -- far from it. However, if it becomes apparent that Roberts was not truthful with the Senate on other issues, his nomination could indeed falter.