  The submitted Comment is based on using an isolated quantum dot approach to
discuss the situation where the coupling to the leads is considerable (not
negligible). This finite lead coupling is the situation in most molecular
transport junctions. In such situations the population on the molecule is not
static and dynamical effects (fluctuations) are crucial. While the discussion
in [Phys. Rev. B 67, 235312 (2003)], and in the Comment may well apply for an
isolated molecule, it is simply irrelevant for the very different transport
situation analyzed in our original contribution.
