| Copyrighted Image - Image is from copyrighted website - motherjones.com () Copyrighted Image? DMCA | And these documents challenge Romney's claim that he left Bain Capital in early 1999 -- Earlier this year, Mitt Romney nearly landed in a politically perilous controversy when the HuffPo reported that in 1999 the GOP presidential candidate had been part of an investment group that invested $75 million in Stericycle, a medical-waste disposal firm that has been attacked by anti-abortion groups for disposing aborted fetuses collected from family planning clinics. Coming during the heat of the GOP primaries, as Romney tried to sell SC Republicans on his pro-life bona fides, the revelation had the potential to damage the candidate's reputation among values voters already suspicious of his shifting position on abortion. But Bain Capital, the private equity firm Romney founded, tamped down the controversy. The company said Romney left the firm in February 1999 but docs indicate otherwise... |




