Romney "birther" remark new distraction to get past

August 25, 2012 6:50 AM

At a rally outside Detroit, Mitt Romney joked about his birth certificate, prompting a response from President Obama's campaign, which accused Romney of pandering to political fringes by implying Mr. Obama wasn't born in the U.S. CBS News' Jan Crawford reports.

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