Ohhhhh well now ... that makes it much better!
IIRC, he only said the Issue Ad add-on was a mistake, not the entire bill.
This trend of doing whatever the heck you dang well please, then APOLOGIZE for it and all is forgiven, has grown very old and tiresome!
BTW, he DEFENDED that abortion of a bill in August, 2003.
Which is why, given a choice, I would choose Hunter over Thompson.