Fair enough.
Its this that big of a deal to you?
Since I'm having a hard trying to convince myself he could have been mistaken when he made the original comments, maybe it is. He also made a similar statement about the NRA endorsement he never received.
Mitt is no dummy. He has to know his statements will be checked. So why risk so much on one story that would not make that much difference to his candidacy were it true but which could definitely hurt it because it's not? He also denied he ever said he was pro choice though video shows him emphatically stating it. It's been one thing after another.
Mitt has a truth and credibility problem. The problem is his. He made it by his own statements and by running and governing as a moderate/liberal Republican and then verbally morphing into a conservative just before his run for President. It all adds up. Not one incident. Not one statement. The whole package.