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When it was first reported this week that Mitt Romney was hosting an exclusive retreat in Park City, Utah this weekend with high dollar donors and a handful of possible running mates, one big name was missing from the list: Florida Sen. Marco Rubio. The omission sparked a wave of speculation about whether Rubio's absence meant he was not being seriously considered as a vice presidential contender. But in fact, Rubio was invited to the event. He just turned down the offer. The reason: His four children, he says. "It's unfair to say of the Romney campaign that I was excluded. It's not accurate. I was invited to go," Rubio said during a breakfast meeting with reporters on Thusday. "I've been on the road since Sunday on the book thing. I have to go to Orlando for a speech. I have to be back in D.C. Sunday for 'Meet the Press.' And I have a whole 'nother week here. If I had gone to Utah, I wouldn't have seen my kids for 15 days. So I had a choice to make...