How else can you interpret this headline up on ABC News right now:
Romney: Releasing past tax returns would give Obama more to ‘distort and lie about'
Here's the exact quote, which ABC cites from an
interview Romney gave to Robert Costa of National Review:
"In the political environment that exists today, the opposition research of the Obama campaign is looking for anything they can use to distract from the failure of the president to reignite our economy," Romney told Costa. "And I'm simply not enthusiastic about giving them hundreds or thousands of more pages to pick through, distort and lie about."
In other words, I can't defend myself so I'll just take my ball and go home. Good luck with that one, Mitt. The American people will love it...