Jon Huntsman Slams Mitt Romney in New Hampshire Ad

Former Gov. Jon Huntsman of Utah unveiled a commercial on Monday that will be running in New Hampshire on both Monday and Tuesday in which he takes aim at the leading candidate in the GOP presidential race -- former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts. New Hampshire holds its primary on Tuesday and Romney leads in the polls up in the Granite State. The ad features comments Huntsman made in a debate on Sunday morning.

Let me say, first of all, with respect to Governor Romney, you know, there are a lot of people who are tuning in this morning, and Im sure theyre terribly confused after watching all of this political spin up here, Huntsman says in the ad. I was criticized last night by Governor Romney for putting my country first.

He criticized me while he was out raising money for serving my country in China, yes, under a Democrat, like my two sons are doing in the United States Navy. Theyre not asking who -- what political affiliation the president is, Huntsman continues. I want to be very clear with the people here in New Hampshire and this country: I will always put my country first. And I think thats important to them.