BURLINGTON, Iowa — After a long day stumping in eastern Iowa, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney and his wife Ann unwound by watching the New England Patriots make a bid to become the first undefeated NFL team since 1972. The team won two Super Bowl championships when he served as the governor of the Patriots’ home state of Massachusetts.

The Romneys took in the game at a cavernous sports bar, along with staff and reporters. However, they left at halftime, when the Patriots trailed the New York Giants.

Yes, the Patriots came from behind to win, 38-35.  But what did they think of the game before he left? Sadly we can’t tell you, as the event was “off the record.” But at least we have a photo.

And a new Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll out Sunday showed Romney trailed rival Mike Huckabee by one point just a few days before the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses….another comeback in the making?