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Things they have in this life and i wanted to come on and say -- let me say one other thing. all this stuff about who leaked whatever, any reporter in the free world is free to anything to anybody that i ever said to them about can herman cain. i give them carte blanche to do that because i have absolutely nothing to hide. i have genuine affinity for the guy. jon: final question, nobody working for the perry campaign told you or as far as you know, let out this information about herman cain? >> absolutely not. jon: all right. thanks very much, curt anderson, who was an advisor to herman cain i...

Members to be cautious about defending cain. it seems more allegations are expected. allegations that cain adamantly denies, bret. >> bret: carl, thank you. let's get more on the story now. breaking story. joining me now is mark block, chief of staff for the herman cain campaign. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> bret: first, you're charging the perry campaign with stirring this up. >> absolutely. quite frankly, this is one of the actions in america that is the reason people don't get involved in politics. the actions of the perry campaign are despicable. rick perry and ...

Based on substance, not sound bites. ♪ i am america ♪ one voice ♪ united we stand >> bill: so the mustaches were because of cain's campaign manager? >> because of mark block and they are not smoking a cigarette and they are blowing bubbles. it's cute. is it going to do anything for jon huntsman's campaign? no. absolutely not. here is the problem. this ad. this is the original herman cain ad. this is the spoof by the huntsman daughter. the original ad was mark block. looks like a spoof. it's so bizarre. and so creepy and weird that it's hard to spoof something. >> where was muntsman's ad ...

Mark block said on set that people are so sick as politics as usual. he is a candidate that is not a traditional politician. and it seems like it hasn't affected him yet in the approximately or his fundraising, the whole stirrup thing. doesn't that then benefit him if they point to specific campaign and say we think they are behind it? >> if they can convince people that this was either an irresponsible act by a mainstream media organization, or a kind of dirty trick by one of their opposing campaigns, i think that does feed in to the them being outsider and he is different and running a diffe...

Given to the perry camp. well, herman cain's campaign manager, mark block, said this. >> the actions of the perry campaign are despicable. rick perry and his campaign owe herman cain and his family an apology. in 2003, herman cain ran for the senate. he hired a general consultant, curt anderson. mr. cain divulged the nra claims to -- >> national restaurant association. >> exactly. mr. anderson. so the campaign at that point would be prepared if the issue surfaced. it did not. approximately two weeks ago, as you know, mr. anderson went to work for the rick perry campaign. what else happened abo...