in 1996 president clinton and a bipartisan congress helped end welfare as we know it by requiring work for welfare. but on july 12th president obama quietly announced a plan to gut welfare reform by dropping work requirements. under obama's plan you wouldn't have to work or train for a job. they just send you your check. >> that was the infamous mitt romney ad making headlines for its misleading portrayal of the obama administration's welfare policy. it caught the attention of one very important viewer. none other than bill clinton himself. the former president released a statement last night knocking down the ad's accusations as not true. he said in part, "the administration has taken important steps to ensure that the work requirement is retained. the welfare time limits, another important feature of the 1996 act, will not be waived. the romney ad is especially disappointing because as governor of massachusetts he requested changes in the welfare reform laws that could have eliminated time limits altogether." just what was the romney campaign ad thinking waking up