But when McClatchy asked him Monday about his past comments, Keadle said they were a mistake.

“I didn’t get it right that day. I didn’t think I got it that bad, but I did," he said. “Yes, I do believe he was born in the United States and no, I don’t want to be dragged into the middle of this.”

I don't know whether Barack Obama was born in the United States of America. I don't know that.

But I do know this, that in his heart, he's not an American. He's just not an American.

Coffman apologized on Wednesday night, completely walking back from his original statement about Obama's citizenship. "I misspoke and I apologize," Coffman said about the comments in Elbert County in a written statement. "I have confidence in President Obama’s citizenship and legitimacy as President of the United States.

Joseph L. Saebi // Nov 19, 2009 at 2:21 pm
I went with my mother and talked with Mike Coffman, a U.S. rep here in Colorado about the eligibility case. Pretty much no knowledge of the eligibility case. He and his colleagues don’t think Obama wasn’t born in Hawaii so they are buffooned birfooned into thinking that any person born to an American citizen (one parent) is a US citizen. They argue that McCain was a US citizen even though not born on American soil.