Responding to a question in Washington, Ia., former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney downplayed the remarks of a national co-chairman of his presidential campaign who had stated that Iowa is where “they pick corn” not presidents.

Romney noted that he has “made more visits to Iowa than any other candidate.”New Hampshire Sen. Judd Gregg, a national co-chairman of the Mitt Romney presidential campaign, said on CNN earlier this week that New Hampshire is “a place where we pick presidents,” but Iowa is “a place where they pick corn.”

On Wednesday morning at a coffee shop in Washington, Ia. Romney said “That’s not my organization, that’s the senator from New Hampshire.”