Brian Lamb: Why did you pick Massachusetts as a place to stay after school

• ROMNEY**: Well, we loved the state. It has fabulous culture, great architecture. The ocean is gorgeous. Cape Cod is a favorite vacation place. We have a vacation home a little north in New Hampshire at Lake Winnipesaukee, which is one of the great jewels of the nation.

And we just love living in Massachusetts. And that’s where I got my first great job offer. So you basically go where the jobs are. That was a job that I liked, went to work at the Boston (ph) Consulting Group and then moved not long after to one of their spin-offs, one called Bain & Company.

So we liked living there and that’s what took me there. By the way, had I known I was ever going to get into politics, I think someone would have told me. Don’t stay in Massachusetts, the most Democratic state in America, go back home to Michigan where your dad’s name is golden.

And -- but I didn’t know I was going to get involved in politics, that came much, much later in life.