Here’s a little tempest-in-a-teapot controversy I missed over the weekend:

WASHINGTON (CNN) — GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has a message for those who are criticizing him for recently posing next to a supporter’s controversial campaign sign: “lighten up.”

The former Massachusetts governor took heat over the weekend from one town-hall audience member for recently posing with a supporter who donned a sign saying “”No to Osama, Obama and Chelsea’s Moma.”

The sign is an obvious grouping of the two leading Democratic presidential candidates — Sens. Hillary Clinton, the mother of Chelsea Clinton, and Barack Obama — with Al Qaeda leader and 9/11 organizer Osama Bin Laden.

What CNN doesn’t mention is that the “Osama Obama” thing didn’t originate with the person who made that sign Romney is standing next to.  “Osama Obama” started with none other than Ted Kennedy:

The sign was, I’m sure, meant to mock Ted Kennedy’s slip up on Obama’s name, not actually compare Obama to Osama bin Laden.

But, of course, the media doesn’t point this out.