CHRIS WALLACE: Finally, sir, you send out a wonderful Christmas card each year -- we just put it up on the screen -- with your beautiful family. I'm fortunate enough to get the Christmas card, to be on your list. This year you had a new member on your lap, your grandson Kieran, an African-American baby adopted by your son Ben. For some reason, MSNBC decided to make him a target for ridicule. I know it's distasteful sir, but here's a clip of what went on:



PIA GLENN: One of these things is not like the others, one of these things just isn’t the same. And that little baby, front and center, would be the one.



DEAN OBEIDALLAH: It really sums the diversity of the Republican party. They found the one black person.



WALLACE: Governor, this must be hurtful, and I know you are a classy guy and you don’t want to get into it, but I've got to ask you, honestly, from the heart, how did you, and quite frankly, how did Mrs. Romney feel when you heard that your little baby grandson Kieran was the target of political ridicule?



MITT ROMNEY: Well, first let me just note, Chris, we love this little guy a great deal. He was an answer to prayer, and we love that he is a part of our family. He is a part of our family. That being said, I recognize that people make mistakes and the folks at MSNBC made a big mistake. They’ve apologized for it, and that’s all can you ask for. I am going to move on from that. I am sure they want to move on from it. Look, I’ve made plenty of mistakes myself and they’ve apologized for this. You know, I think we can go on from there.



WALLACE: Let me just ask you, if I can press a little bit on this, sir. You tend to speak from the head. I know Mrs. Romney tends to speak from the heart. I suspect she took this somewhat more personally. The idea that political discourse would include going after a little baby?



ROMNEY: Well, you know, I think people recognize, and the folks at MSNBC have apologized, recognized people like me are fair targets. If you get in the political game, you can expect incoming. But children, you know, that’s beyond the line, and I think they understand that, and feel that as well. I think it’s a heartfelt apology. I think for that reason, we hold no ill will whatsoever.



WALLACE: Finally, I just want to play, because the anchor of the segment, as you mentioned, Melissa Harris-Perry, yesterday on her show did apologize for her comments. Here's a bit of that:



MELISSA HARRIS-PERRY: I broke the ground-rule that families are off-limits. And for that, I am sorry. Also, allow me to apologize to other families formed through transracial adoption, because I am deeply sorry that we suggested that interracial families are in any way funny or deserving of ridicule.



WALLACE: On the other hand, I have to point out during the segment, she had a good laugh and said, maybe Kieran would marry Kim Kardashian’s daughter and you and Kanye West would be in-laws. Your reactions to her comments then, and her apology yesterday, sir?



ROMNEY: I think her apology was clearly heartfelt. We accept that. And with regards to the rest of the comments, I hadn’t heard those and don’t really have any comment on those.