NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama's newest campaign ad shows challenger Mitt Romney saying he'd "be delighted" to sign a bill banning abortion.
But the 30-second spot takes Romney out of context. Romney did say during a debate in 2007 that he'd sign such a bill. But what he said afterward — that a federal abortion ban is "not where America is today" — was left out of the ad.
The ad will air in the battleground state of Virginia.
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