A new record for Mitt backing away from something he said. Seconds. Just a couple seconds. He said McCain was lying, which McCain was, then backed off. Took Mitt a little longer to change positions on every other issue. Huffington Post has the video, too:
Appearing on the campaign trail in Florida, Romney was asked about the criticism, launched by McCain, that he has a timeline for withdrawing troops from Iraq.Republicans have just grown so accustomed to George Bush lying that they don't even know if lying is good or bad.
"I don't have one, never had," Romney said.
"He says you do," chimed a reporter.
"Well, he's lying," replied the former governor, with a slight laugh. Within a second his tune changed. "He's dishonest [inaudible]. He's being dishonest about that. That's not accurate."
"Are you calling him a liar?" the reporter asked.
"No I'm not. I'm saying he made a dishonest comment. I misspoke."
The Reuters/CSPAN/Zogby tracking poll today has McCain up by 3 points over Mitt. That may explain Mitt's little outburst.
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