Mitt Romney actually said...

"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."

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

"We're all allowed to have our shifts of position on social issues."

"It was just a joke because he said because he was back home in his birth state of Michigan."