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From Leno:

ROMNEY: You know, I think Senator McCain, who has a lot of military experience and I have none, Senator McCain looked at the setting and said, look, the current policy is working, and in a time of war and conflict, this is not the time to make a change of that nature, and I would concur with that view.

Have we heard anything from Romney on the DADT repeal? That would be entertaining.

Why yes, as a matter of fact, we did--back in 2008...

Cooper: Governor Romney, you said in 1994 that you looked forward to the day when gays and lesbians could serve, and I quote, "openly and honestly in our nation's military." Do you stand by that?

Romney: This isn't that time. This is not that time. We're in the middle of a war. The people who have...

Cooper: Do you look forward to that time, though, one day?

Romney: I'm going to listen to the people who run the military to see what the circumstances are like. And my view is that, at this stage, this is not the time for us to make that kind of...

Cooper: Is that a change in your position...

Romney: Yes, I didn't think it would work. I didn't think "don't ask/don't tell" would work. That was my -- I didn't think that would work. I thought that was a policy, when I heard about it, I laughed. I said that doesn't make any sense to me.

And you know what? It's been there now for, what, 15 years? It seems to have worked.

Cooper: So, just so I'm clear, at this point, do you still look forward to a day when gays can serve openly in the military or no longer?

Romney: I look forward to hearing from the military exactly what they believe is the right way to have the right kind of cohesion and support in our troops and I listen to what they have to say.

There you have it. Typical no-core-values Romney. On both sides of every issue.>