I just think that Perry could have separated himself from the alleged slavery remarks without diminishing the importance of Bundy's role in the struggle against Federal abuses by calling him a side issue. As I said, the real side issue is slavery and whatever views Bundy has on slavery should be irrelevant to his role in challenging Federal abuse.
I'm not trying to demean Perry even though it's obvious that I support Cruz for 2016. I don't think Perry is going to run anyway.
I know, I know - how can I possibly discern whether Perry will actually run? I guess my only defense is that I think I'm a good guesser. ;-)