Durbin: Romney is running away from Bain "like a scalded cat"

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) Sunday said GOP presidential Mitt Romney candidate is running away from his ties to private equity firm Bain Capital “like a scalded cat.”

Durbin, the number two Democrat in the Senate and key ally of President Obama said Romney could clear up controversy surrounding his tenure at Bain “this afternoon” by releasing more tax information.

“We need to get down to the bottom of why…is Mitt Romney running away from his company, Bain Capital, like a scaled cat,” Durbin said during an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”