Considered Friends? Enmity Against Mitt Romney

The NY Times reports that other Republican candidates for the presidency don't like Mitt very much. For example,

“Never get into a wrestling match with a pig,” Senator John McCain said in New Hampshire this month after reporters asked him about Mr. Romney. “You both get dirty, and the pig likes it.”

But Mitt (Willard Milton Romney, in fact) says "you know, I consider these guys my friends."