So VP applicants had to show Mitt's vetting team a decade of tax returns, but for Mitt to show more than last year and this year's return would be too controversial and privacy-destroying.
Um … got it, Mitt.
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Romney Asked VP Shortlisters for Ten Years of Tax Returns
Romney asked at least some on his short list to submit 10 years worth of tax returns, a source says. Daniel Klaidman reports on the disconnect with Mitt’s own public disclosures.
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+Margie Kleerup suggested to me that it's not a disconnect, but perfectly consistent: Mitt does what he feels he needs to do in order to win. He needed his VPs to be fully vetted in order to win. And he needs to avoid having people look at his tax returns in order to win.