Christie: Romney probably regrets making that birth-certificate joke

“I think if he had to do it over again, he wouldn’t make the joke,” said Christie, who is slated to give tonight’s GOP convention keynote address, during an interview on the “Today” show. “When you’re on camera 12, 14 hours a day and you’re out at big rallies and you’re just going off the cuff, there are going to be times when you’re going to wish you could take it [back].”

Believe me,” he said to host Matt Lauer, “I could put together a catalog of things I wish I could take back.”…

“He has been the clearest, most affirmative of all the Republican candidates who were running for this nomination in saying he didn’t think this was an issue. He believes the president was born here in the United States and that it shouldn’t be discussed.”