This is so idiotic of Romney.
He should have presented it as an either/ or.
Either we have firms like Bain that buy out and restructure companies to make a profit and/or to make the company profitable - OR we have massive government bailouts with bought and paid for politicians deciding who gets what based upon political clout rather than economic concerns (i.e. giving GM to the auto union goons and leaving the bondholders out in the cold).
And we've seen how successful these bailouts are. Crappy electric cars that catch on fire, abrogation of the U.S. Constitution and contract law seizing assets from rightful owners, giving control of companies to Unions, failed environmental and energy policy, and the list just goes on, and on, and on.
The fact that Mitt Romney can't see the difference between Bain and the U.S. Government in this matter automatically and forever should disqualify him from ever serving as municipal DOG CATCHER, much less United States President.