From Playbook: Romney overpaid his taxes to stay above 13%

BRUNCH EDITION -- 45 days to Nov. 6; 11 days to Debate 1 -- Allies yearn for Ryan unplugged -- Romney manipulated taxes to INCREASE publicized rate -- Santorum cameo in Bruni column - POLITICO Playbook - POLITICO.com: --STATEMENT FROM THE CAMPAIGN, emailed to reporters who asked, on why the Romneys didn’t take the full charitable deduction: “Governor Romney made a public statement, based upon the January estimate of income, that he paid at least 13% in income taxes in each of the last 10 years. In order to be consistent with that statement, the Romneys limited their deduction of charitable contributions.”