Republican presidential candidate Gov. Mitt Romney went into damage control mode Wednesday in Fairfax County, offering a resounding endorsement of an Ohio anti-union law a day after balking at the chance to back the Republican measure. The former Massachusetts governor told a crowd of Northern Virginia Republicans that he is “110 percent behind” Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s initiative to significantly curb the collective bargaining rights of local and state government employee unions. During a stop in Ohio Tuesday, Romney appeared to hedge his support for Kasich and the anti-union measure when he said it was “up to the people of Ohio” to decide whether the law should be repealed in a ballot referendum in November.

“I’m sorry if I created any confusion in that regard.” Romney said. “I support question 2 and Gov. Kasich’s effort to restrict collective bargaining in Ohio in the ways he’s described.”