The one who actually needs to apologize<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSam Stein noted yesterday that Mitt Romney, on the campaign trail, told voters it \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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