Want to take that back?

Almost every politician makes a statement or two that they wish they could take back. For example, in the special election to replace former Rep. Duke Cunningham (R-CA), the Democratic candidate said something like "you don't need papers to vote" a couple of days before the election. Many polls showed her potentially winning that race until she said that.

A comment in today's paper from Madison's Mayor Dave Cieslewicz might be in that same category. The news here for weeks now has been about some problem wells that have manganese present at too high of a level. Today the city got a little bit of good news with a report that says the manganese level has been cut. That had Mayor Cieslewicz saying this:

"I do believe that there is a level of concern about the water that is perhaps unjustified by the facts."

I'm guessing down the road the mayor will wish he had those words back. His comments before this week were more in line with where they should be since we are talking about potentially serious health problems for infants exposed to high levels of manganese.

Time will tell.