[MNJohnnie]

Given the history of “News media” selectively editing video, this is a smart move. Look at the way CBS played with the video of Sarah Palin in 2008 to make her look stupid.

As Rush Limbaugh pointed out, after being ambushed with selectively edited video released by the Editorial board in Milwaukee it would be dumb for Cain’s camp to have this taped.

[CharlesWayneCT]

Of course, most Cain supporters post to the full video of his “Libya” interview and say it is a good interview and the video is worth watching.

So why would those supporters also claim that it’s great for Cain to not do the interviews on camera, if they feel the full interviews are helpful to Cain? Do they NOT want Cain to do things that are helpful, or is this a backhand acknowledgement that the full video isn’t REALLY that good for Cain?

Remember, this video was going to C-Span, so everybody would be able to see the full 1-hour question-and-answer session, unfiltered. This is supposed to be something Cain is good at, why would his supporters be happy he refused?

[Tex-Con-Man]

If he's truly worried they will edit the video to make him look bad, he could video the interview with his own camera so the Cain campaign had their own record of what actually happened.

But I suspect that isn't his real concern.