Mitt Romney actually said...

"My side's got to fight back on this too and I hope we will."

"I thought maybe it's an excuse -- what do you mean shut up? OK, I thought it was just because somebody had a stupid idea of trying terrorists in downtown New York City."

"He's always self-editing in an odd way."

"Governor Romney told CBS News tonight that it was not meant as a swipe at the president; it was just a joke, he said, because he was back home in his birth state of Michigan."