虚拟语气从句时态问题

I would be lying to you, if I did not tell you how important it was in the court of public opinion.我要是说那访问对案子不重要，那就是骗你了。

如题，为何是how important it was而不是it is？

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这个虚拟结构I would be lying to you if I didn't...已经完整了，后面tell you that的内容和前面的虚拟结构没有关联

I would be lying to you if I didn't tell you that I watched TV last night. （我昨晚的确看过电视）

I would be lying to you if I didn't tell you that I am going to watch TV. （我打算看电视）

I would be lying to you if I didn't tell you that I watch TV every day. （我天天看电视）

因此tell you that...后面的内容根据实际情况回答。

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因为how从句为didn't tell的宾语从句。时态一致的原则要求宾语从句使用某种过去时态。