jay carney stresses he only got involved in the welfare controversy because it s a policy issue. they believe that the ad distorts the president s record. they released state fire department republicans praising the president on the welfare issue. bret? bret: ed henry live on the north lawn. thank you. as carl mentioned we are days away arguably from the biggest decision mitt romney will make as the republican candidate. who he will choose for running mate. head of that decision, we thought we d bring back the series running with romney and reintroduce you to people we believe are romney s top four choices on his short, short list. with the caveat that only governor romney knows for sure and he could choose someone outside of the four. we begin with one of the republican party young guns whose names seems to be on everyone s lips right now. i think the most likely pick is paul ryan. paul ryan makes sense. romney really likes ryan. there is a good chance he is