Ohio Sen. Rob Portman (R) broke the omerta code among potential Mitt Romney vice presidential candidates when he openly discussed being vetted with ABC News Tuesday:
“You know, I talk to those guys all the time on how things are going in Ohio and what the message ought to be back home in Ohio, so, it was a good-good day, we had six meetings in about six hours, so it was busy,” Portman told ABC News upon leaving the American Builders & Contractors Association in Washington D.C. Tuesday morning.
Portman nearly immediately clarified his comments, saying that three of the six meetings were fundraisers on behalf of Romney where campaign staffers were in attendance and that they weren’t all focused on the vetting process.
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