Newt Gingrich has had to admit a lot of mistakes.

• FACT:  In 2011, Gingrich said repealing Glass-Steagall “was probably a mistake.” (ABC News, Interview with Newt Gingrich, 11/8/11)
• In 1998, Gingrich rounded up votes to repeal the Glass-Steagall Act. “The bill would repeal the provisions of the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 that greatly restrict the ability of banks, securities firms and insurers to merge and enter each other's business.  … Republicans from Speaker Newt Gingrich on down scurried through the afternoon to line up the necessary votes.” (Richard W. Stevenson, “House Leaves Finance Law Of 30's Intact,”The New York Times, 4/1/98)
• FACT:  Gingrich said comments on Ryan plan were a mistake. Gingrich: “I made a mistake and I called Paul Ryan today, who is a very close, personal friend, and I said that.” (Fox News’ “On the Record,” 5/17/11)
• FACT:  Gingrich: “[I]'ve made mistakes at times.” (ABC and Des Moines Register Republican Presidential Candidates’ Debate, 12/10/11)

Gingrich said the ad he did with Nancy Pelosi was “just a mistake.”

• FACT:  Gingrich: “I've said it's one of the dumbest things I've done in recent years. It was an effort in my part to say that conservatives are concerned about the environment. We have better solutions. I actively opposed cap and trade. I testified against it the same day Al Gore testified for it. But the commercial is just a mistake.” (Fox News’ “O’Reilly Factor,” 11/28/11)

Gingrich said comments on Ryan plan were a mistake.

• FACT:  Gingrich: “I made a mistake and I called Paul Ryan today, who is a very close, personal friend, and I said that.” (Fox News’ “On the Record,” 5/17/11)

Gingrich flip-flopped on health insurance mandate.

• FACT:  In 1993, Gingrich wanted an individual mandate. “During the interview, Gregory played a 1993 clip in which Gingrich said, ‘I am for people, individuals — exactly like automobile insurance — individuals having health insurance and being required to have health insurance.’” (Kendra Marr, Politico, 5/16/11)
• FACT:  But in 2011 was opposed to Obamacare individual mandate. “One day after Newt Gingrich acknowledged his past support for requiring people to buy health insurance, the former House Speaker was careful to make clear that he was ‘completely opposed to the Obamacare mandate on individuals.’” (Kendra Marr, Politico, 5/16/11)

Gingrich flip-flopped on immigration.

• FACT:  In 2006, Gingrich said illegal immigrants seeking citizenship must go back home. “And doing it the right way means that all those who are currently working in the United States illegally and who wish to apply for the worker visa program must return to their home country and apply. Application for the worker visa program should not be permitted in the United States under any circumstances.” (Newt Gingrich, “Ending The Dishonesty,” American Enterprise Institute, Working Paper, 4/26/06)
• FACT:  But in 2005, Gingrich said illegal immigrants shouldn’t have to go back home to apply for citizenship. Question: “Well, should they have to go back to apply for citizenship, go back to their native country, country of origin?” Gingrich: “No, I don't think they should.” (“Fox News Sunday,” 3/27/05)

Gingrich said it was “an enormous mistake” to stay in Iraq in 2003.

• FACT:   “A former House speaker considered a potential candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, Newt Gingrich, is sharpening his critique of the Bush administration over the its handling of Iraq and issues at home. ... ‘It was an enormous mistake for us to try to occupy that country after June of 2003,’ Mr. Gingrich told students and faculty, according to the Argus Leader of Sioux Falls, S.D. ‘We have to pull back, and we have to recognize it.’” (Josh Gerstein, New York Sun, 4/12/06)
• FACT:  At first Gingrich supported Iraq war, then said U.S. “couldn’t win.” “When it comes to the Iraq War, Gingrich has a long history of flipping, flopping, and then flipping again. As Alex Koppelman reported in Salon last year, ‘As a close advisor to the administration over the past six years, and an intimate of both Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Gingrich was a powerful advocate both for the idea of invading Iraq and for the botched way in which it was done.’ A member of the influential Defense Policy Board, Gingrich helped draw up war plans at the Central Command for the Middle East in Tampa, Fla. And his Oct. 16, 2002 USA Today column about Iraq was titled, ‘Strike Sooner Than Later.’ When the war soured, Newt changed his tune. As early as December 2003, Gingrich told Newsweek, ‘Americans can’t win in Iraq.’ He later said it had been a mistake for the United States to occupy the country beyond June 2003.” (Dana Goldstein,The American Prospect, 9/10/07)

Gingrich said attacking Romney was a “mistake.”

• FACT:   “Kathie Obradovich of the Register, asked Mr. Gingrich if he regretted having pledged not to go negative against his opponents. ‘No, I don’t regret it, but there are moments when I chafe under it,’ he said. “I made one or two mistakes and shot back when I shouldn’t have.’” (Katharine Q. Seelye, The New York Times’ “Caucus Blog,” 12/15/11)

Gingrich said he made a mistake on on campaign consultants he chose.

• FACT:  Gingrich: “One is that I entered this race with a huge amount of background story, some public, some private, which led people initially to think, well, I'm not sure I want him…. The second reason was slower, was I made a big mistake in the spring. I brought in very smart traditional consultants and I'm not a traditional candidate.” (CNN’s “Piers Morgan Tonight,” 11/8/11)