Romney waffles on Ohio's anti-union law

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A day after he refused to endorse an Ohio ballot measure that limits public employee union rights, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said today that he is "110 percent" behind the effort.

While he was in Ohio on Tuesday, Romney seemed to distance himself from anti-union measures that have lost popularity in recent months. Campaigning a day later, the former Massachusetts governor told reporters that he supports the ballot measure aimed at restricting collective-bargaining rights for state employees.

"I'm sorry if I created any confusion in that regard. I fully support Gov. [John] Kasich's - I think it's called Question Two in Ohio. Fully support that," Romney said after visiting a local GOP office in the Washington suburbs. "Actually, on my website, I think back as early as April, I laid out that I support Question Two and Gov. Kasich's effort to restrict collective bargaining in Ohio."

In June, Romney praised Kasich's efforts to "limit the power of union bosses and keep taxes low."