At the risk of being accused of being in the tank for Cain. Consider this. He probably knew there was a settlement and probably knew more than he was telling this morning, but may not have known what the confidentiality agreement terms were.
Since the agreement was 15 years old, it may may have taken most of the day for the Association’s counsel to locate, research, and opine on what Cain could and could not say.
As for the pundits talking about the “10-day” time Politico had given the campaign, no one knows what Politico asked the campaign or how it was framed.
I am disappointed in how this is being played out in the media and I certainly hope this isn’t the work of “our side.” But, in all that I’ve seen, I still believe the “establishment” both Democrat and Republican are deathly afraid of this man because he represents a departure from their “chosen one.”
“I was aware that an agreement was reached,” Cain remarked in response to a question about whether he knew the NRA had reached a settlement. “The word settlement versus the word agreement, you know, I’m not sure what they called it."Not that he had to check NDA, just that it didn't occur to him that "agreement" meant "settlement", so he decided to say he didn't know about a settlement. Although that doesn't explain his "I hope it wasn't for much", since he also said tonight that the agreement was for a small sum of money, so he knew that already.