The Dems are twisting the comments? No surprises there, but come on, even you have to admit, what he said not only feeds a negative narrative, but also was factually false. He made a statement based on false logic and also worded it terribly. If this was in any way salvageable, other senators would not be rebuking his comments.
Romney's entire life feeds a negative narrative about Republicans. And there's nothing false about him passing on what he's heard from doctors. He never claimed he knew it was true, just saying from what he understood, this is what he thought might be the case. And then he said he's putting that aside, since it isn't necessarily or always true. The guy couldn't have qualified his statements any more under the "maybe" banner, yet people keep claiming he made some bold proclamation.