Quite interestingly, Mr. Rove is walking it back a bit, trying to detach himself from it, all the while somehow keep it alive. A very delicate balancing act. Listen to his voice. You will know the parts when he is really telling his true soul. He is probably afraid as this thing could blow up in his face and embarrass him big time. I think he sees the numbers shifting against this kind of attack politics and he does not want to "own it". Success knows many fathers but failure is an orphan. I think he is ever so sensitively involved in an "abandon ship!" operation on this Establishment Smear as we speak. Now is the time to go on offense and find out how and who planted this and stirred it.
A perfect characterization of Rove's performance on Hannity today. No more sales pitch. Instead, he tried to shove the issue into the Cain campaign's lap -- telling them to "deal with it" and "move on".