House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi came to the defense of Sen. Harry Reid on Monday over his comments about Mitt Romney's taxes.

   Reid outraged some Republicans with his remarks last week that he'd been told the GOP presidential candidate didn't pay taxes for 10 years, without identifying his source. Pelosi defended the Senate majority leader, saying though it "remains to be seen" whether the allegation is true, she doesn't believe Reid did anything wrong in publicizing it.

   "If he has said somebody told him that, some credible source, then I believe that," she told reporters after an appearance at a Boca Raton retirement community. She continued: "That's up to Gov. Romney to release his returns" and disprove the rumors.

   Democrats have pressed Romney to release additional years of tax returns, suggested he has something to hide in his finances and tried to make his personal wealth a campaign issue.