Exactly! What was he thinking to make a statement like that.
If you were to listen in entirety to the clip where Romney made this statement (see Aug 8th audio clip on Hugh Hewitt’s blog), you would hear that the oft-quoted statement was a quip at the end of a lengthy reply regarding the nature of our all volunteer military. When heard in context it did not come across as it has been reported in the MSM. Yes, he did issue an apology, because the statement when isolated from his full reply did make him look bad.