miniature dachshund. the facts have been widely circulated. in 1983 then 36-year-old romney packed his wife and five sons into the station wagon for a 12-hour drive to ontario, canada. romney fashioned a windshield to a dog carrier and strapped it to the roof of the car. midway into the cry there was a cry of gross who had seen brown liquid running down the window. romney hosed down the car and the dog and got back on the road. we know it because it was in boston globe five years ago. it was the recent explanation to me as to how he learned of it that causes me to cut mitt slack. he d gone looking for the romney versions of the stories that every family has that are both embarrassing and usually shared only among one another. embarrassing family stories?