Who's the liar at the Washington Post, Hal Straus or Jim Brady?

A few days ago (or a long time ago, in Ben Domenech's world), WashingtonPost.com's Opinions editor, Hal Straus, had this to say about hiring WashingtonPost.com employees based on their political views:

Question 2: Does WashingtonPost.com have any liberal bloggers who can act as a counterpart to Mr. Domenech?

Straus: "Washingtonpost.com hires writers for their ability to add something substantive to the national conversation. As best as possible, we look for that ability regardless of political labels."

Then today Jim Brady, executive editor of Washingtonpost.com, said Domenech was hired because:

"we were completely unrepresented by a social conservative voice."

Oh, so the Republican blogger was hired because of his political label, and in fact, his socio-political label if you want to get all quota-y about it.

So, did the Post hire Domenech because he's a social conservative or doesn't the Post look at "political labels" when hiring?

Who's the liar, Strauss or Brady?