That last explanation made no sense at all.  When I reconcile my CC statement I turn my balance into a bill in AP, when I make a payment it posts against the open payable.  When I go into the next month to reconcile, none of my payments show up in the reconcile list because they are applied to the payable.  If I make a payment to the vendor and say use CC, then all I've done is add a charge to my CC balance, not a payment.